Intro to Heredity Vocab

Genetics is ____________.

• The ACTION of passing down traits.

• The STUDY of heredity.

• The PROCESS of receiving traits.

Heredity is __________

• the study of heredity

• how traits are passed down from parent to offspring

• the action of receiving traits from parents

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Inheritance is __________

• the study of heredity

• how traits are passed down from parents to offspring

• the action of receiving traits from parents

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A scientist is working at the zoo to observe the height of the flamingos in each generation. This is an example of __________.

• genetics

• heredity

• inheritance

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Two parents have a child that has brown eyes. This is an example of ____________.

• genetics

• heredity

• inheritance

A puppy is heterozygous for fur color because both of its parents were heterozygous. This is an example of ___________.

• genetics

• heredity

• inheritance

DNA is one long strand of genetic information. Each section of DNA codes for a different thing. These sections are called ___________.

• alleles

• genes

• traits

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Most genes have two or more different versions. One version of a gene might code for purple flowers, while the other version codes for white flowers. These are examples of _____________

• alleles

• genes

• traits

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Organisms have numerous characteristics. We call these characteristics ___________.

• alleles

• genes

• traits

If there are two alleles for the same gene, a heterozygote would show the ___________ phenotype.

• dominant

• recessive

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