Diversity of Life: Investigation 7

variations of genes that determine traits in organisms

• trait

• gene

• allele

• chromosome

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

a trait that helps identify an organism

• chromosome

• characteristic

• generation

• inheritance

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

a structure made of coiled DNA that transfers hereditary information to the next generation

• characteristic

• population

• variation

• chromosome

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

the transfer of sperm from one plant to the egg of another plant of the same species

• feature

• cross

• filial

• gene

a molecule that contains an organism's genetic information

• gene

• DNA

• inheritance

• generation

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

a form of a gene that is expressed as the trait when a dominant allele is present

• feature

• allele

• dominant

• generation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

a structure, characteristic, or behavior of an organism

• feature

• population

• inheritance

• cross

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

the basic unit of heredity carried by the chromosomes

• generation

• genotype

• gene

• population

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

offspring that are at the same stage of descent from a common ancestor

• cross

• DNA

• generation

• population

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

an organism's particular genetic makeup

• phenotype

• genotype

• recessive

• characteristic

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2