Genetics Vocab

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Abbreviation of Deoxyribonucleic acid?

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DNA

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Scientific study of heredity

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Genetics

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Traits passed from parent to offspring.

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Heredity

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Forms of a gene:

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Allele

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Trait learned from the environment during life.

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Aquired Trait

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Trait that always appears in offspring.

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Dominant allele

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Trait passed from parent to offspring through DNA (born with it).

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Inherited Trait

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Two different alleles for a trait.

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Heterozygous

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Characteristic:

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Trait

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Segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait.

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Gene