HEREDITY AND VARIATION

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Every living thing has genetic information stored in the form of: Ribosomes, DNA, Chloroplast, Mitochondria

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DNA

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If two alleles are the same for a certain trait they are considered

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Homozygous

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Physical traits that are expressed are known as ____________

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Phenotype

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Sections of DNA that have instructions for a specific trait are called _______________

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Genes

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Chromosomes are

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Long strands of DNA that contain many genes

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In science, mutations are

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A change in the DNA of an organism that produces new traits

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True or false: Mutations only harm chances of survival.

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False

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Traits that are passed from parents to offspring are always: Recessive, Inherited, Dominant, Heterozygous

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Inherited

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The passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next is known as

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Heredity

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The genetic difference between individuals in the same species is

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Variation