Genetics Vocabulary

a behavior that is inherited

• Genetics

• Instinct

• Dominant

• Offspring

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

a trait that an offspring receives from its parents, Ex: eye color, height, hair color, left or right handedness

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Inherited

• Pedigree

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait

• Pedigree

• Gene

• Recessive

• Genetics

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

a trait that is masked or covered by another trait

• Recessive

• Dominant

• Inherited

• Heredity

deoxyribonucleic acid, the material that contains the information that determines inherited characteristics

• Pedigree

• Dominant Trait

• Gene

• DNA

the scientific study of heredity

• Genetics

• Dominant

• Instinct

• Heredity

a person's child or children

• Dominant

• Offspring

• Genetics

• Instinct

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

tightly wound strand of genetic material or DNA

• Heredity

• Chromosome

• Dominant

• Recessive

individual who has inherited a gene for a trait, but does not show the trait physically

• Heredity

• Pedigree

• Inherited

• Carrier

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

a trait that masks another trait

• Dominant

• Inherited

• Instinct

• Recessive