Unit 6 Heredity Genetics Vocab Review

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What is the basic unit of heredity in a living organism?

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Gene

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What is the passing of traits from parent to offspring called?

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Heredity

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What is a chart used to determine the possible genetic outcomes for offspring of a given cross?

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Punnett Square

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What is the internal genetic coding passed on from one generation to the next?

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Genotype

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What is a characteristic or property of an organism?

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Trait

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What is the term for an allele that expresses its trait even in the presence of a recessive allele?

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Dominant Allele

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What is the term for an allele that only expresses its trait when two copies are present?

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Recessive Allele

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What is the physical expression of a genetic trait?

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Phenotype

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What is the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics?

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Genetics

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What do you call different forms of a gene?

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Alleles