Genetics Vocabulary

life cycle

• The stages that a living thing passes through as it grows and changes
• the process by which most cells divide
• the genetic makeup of an organism
• all the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism

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mitosis

• the process by which most cells divide
• The stages that a living thing passes through as it grows and changes
• recessive trait
• dominant trait

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chromosome

• a threadlike structure in the nucleus made up of DNA
• the process by which most cells divide
• The stages that a living thing passes through as it grows and changes
• a characteristic passed from parents to offspring

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inherited trait

• a characterisitc passed from parents to offspring
• a threadlike structure in the nucleus made up of DNA
• the process by which most cells divide
• The stages that a living thing passes through as it grows and changes

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dominant trait

• a trait that appears even if an organims has only one factor for the trait
• a characterisitc passed from parents to offspring
• a threadlike structure in the nucleus made up of DNA
• the process by which most cells divide

recessive trait

• a trait that appears only if an organism has two factors for the trait

• a trait that appears even if an organims has only one factor for the trait

• a characteristic passed from parents to offspring

• a threadlike structure in the nucleus made up of DNA

gene

• the part of a chromosome that contains the DNA code for an inherited trait

• a trait that appears only if an organism has two factosr for the trait

• a trait that appears even if an organims has only one factor for the trait

• a characteristic passed from parents to offspring

instinct

• a behavior that an organism inherits
• the part of a chromosome that contains the DNA code for an inherited trait
• a trait that appears only if an organism has two factosr for the trait
• a trait that appears even if an organims has only one factor for the trait

learned behavior

• a behavior that an animal acquires through experience
• a behavior that an organism inherits
• the part of a chromosome that contains the DNA code for an inherited trait
• a trait that appears only if an organism has two factosr for the trait

environment

• all the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism
• a behavior that an animal acquires through experience
• a behavior that an organism inherits
• the part of a chromosome that contains the DNA code for an inherited trait

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