Inherited and Acquired Traits

characteristics or behaviors that are not genetic or inherited

• inherited traits

• instincts

• acquired traits

• genes

a genetic trait passed from parent to offspring that is more likely to be expressed

• inherited trait

• dominant trait

• recessive trait

• acquired trait

the basic unit of heredity

• traits

• genes

• DNA

• chromosomes

passing of traits from parents to offspring

• heredity

• genes

• DNA

• parent

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

characteristics that are passed down from parents to their offspring

• acquired traits

• dominant traits

• recessive traits

• inherited traits

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

a new organism that is the product of reproduction

• plant

• parent

• offspring

• trait

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

source of genetic material for offspring

• parent

• offspring

• trait

• gene

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

a genetic trait that is less likely to show up when dominant genes are present

• acquired trait

• recessive trait

• dominant trait

• inherited trait

to make more of a species; to have offspring

• parent

• reproduce

• offspring

• heredity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

specific characteristic of an organism

• trait

• gene

• heredity

• offspring

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4