Genetics Vocabulary

the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring

• genetics

• genes

• heredity

• chromosome

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strands of tightly wound DNA found in the nucleus

• heredity

• genetics

• chromosomes

• allele

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one of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic, such as hair color

• allele

• gene

• chromosome

• genetics

a trait that masks the expression of another trait; written as a capital letter

• recessive

• dominant

an organism's appearance (written as a word)

• chromosome

• recessive trait

• phenotype

traits that are expressed through genes and can be passed from parent to offspring

• inherited

• acquired

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a model used to predict the possible combinations of inherited traits

• four square

• Punnett Square

• pedigree

the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics

• biology

• genetics

• chemistry

• gene pool

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a section of chromosome that carries the code for a particular trait

• phosphate

• gene

• DNA

• allele

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the Father of Genetics; studied inherited traits of pea plants; explained the passing of traits that can be inherited from generation to generation

• Mendel

• Hooke

• Schwann

• Franklin

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