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What are traits?

What are traits?

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Biology

7th Grade

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Easy

NGSS
HS-LS3-1, HS-LS3-2

Standards-aligned

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LESLEY BABE

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8 Slides • 6 Questions

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What are traits?

A trait is a quality or characteristic belonging to a person.

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Inherited vs personality

  • Inherited traits are features passed down from one generation to the next.

  • Personality traits can be inherited but are also due in part to the environment.

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Multiple Choice

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Inherited or not?

Hair color

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Inherited

2

Not inherited

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Multiple Choice

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Inherited or not?

Your dislike for vanilla ice cream.

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inherited

2

not inherited

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Multiple Choice

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Inherited or not?

Your skin color

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Inherited

2

Not inherited

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What causes what we look like?

  • Alleles!

  • Alleles are different forms of the same trait.

  • The alleles can either be dominant or recessive.

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Dominant traits

Dominant traits are formed from two dominant or one dominant and one recessive alleles.

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What do dominant traits look like?

They are represented by capital letters. So for a trait to be a dominant trait, it would have two capital letters or a capital and a lowercase.

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Recessive traits

Recessive traits are caused from two recessive alleles.

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What do recessive traits look like?

They are represented by lowercase letters. For a recessive trait to show up, there must be a recessive allele from both parents.

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Multiple Choice

Dominant or recessive?

BB

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dominant

2

recessive

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Multiple Choice

Dominant or recessive?

Bb

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dominant

2

recessive

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Multiple Choice

Dominant or recessive?

bb

1

dominant

2

recessive

What are traits?

A trait is a quality or characteristic belonging to a person.

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