Intro to Heredity Vocab

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Genetics is ____________.

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The STUDY of heredity.

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Heredity is __________

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how traits are passed down from parent to offspring

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Inheritance is __________

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the action of receiving traits from parents

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A scientist observes flamingo heights in generations. This is an example of __________.

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genetics

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

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heredity

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A puppy is heterozygous for fur color due to both parents being heterozygous. This is an example of ___________.

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inheritance

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DNA is a long strand of genetic info. Sections of DNA that code for different things are called ___________.

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genes

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Most genes have different versions, like one for purple flowers and another for white. These are examples of _____________

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alleles

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Organisms have numerous characteristics. We call these characteristics ___________.

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traits

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Heterozygote phenotype with two alleles for the same gene:

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dominant