c+h ch.3 vocabs

define heredity

• idk something to do with science stuff .

• The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

• the passing of traits from offspring to parents.

• The traits of offspring

define trait

• A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.

• a characteristic that passes through genes and rarely shows up on the surface.

• a fancy word for genes.

what is the definition of genetics

• the scientific study of heredity.

• the heredity of scientific studies.

• the genes that make up your body

• the scientific study of genomes

define fertilization

• the process by which cells break down molecules to release energy without using oxygen.

• the process by which molecules break down cells to release energy without using oxygen.

• fertilization

• the process by which oxygen molecules get broken down by cells and turned into energy.

define purebred

• the traits of many generations that are pure.

• The offspring of many generations that have the same traits.

• the offspring of many pure animals

• a dog

define gene

• the set of information that controls a trait' a segment of dna on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait.

• the set of information that controls your dna

• a lot of 8 shapes with lines inside them

• the set of information that controls a trait a segment of chromosome that that controls a specific trait.

define alleles

• the different forms of chromosomes.

• a type of small mutt.

• the different forms of a gene.

• a type of gene.

define dominant allele

• An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present.

• a bigger more dominant allele

• what does allele mean again?

• the gene that is more dominant bonding with an allele

define recessive allele

• an allele that doesn't like the other allele.

• An allele that hides when a recessive allele is present.

• some science thing.

• An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present.

Define hybrid

• a fancy car.

• an organism that has two different alleles for a trait; an organism that is heterozygous for a particular trait.

• an organism that has four different alleles for a trait; an organism that is monozygous for a particular trait.

• a dog of different types of breeds.