Genetic Vocabulary

The passing of traits from parent to offspring

• Dominant

• Allele

• Genetics

• Heredity

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The different forms of a trait that a Gene may have

• Heredity

• Allele

• Genotype

• hybrid

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The Genetic Make-Up of an Organism

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Heredity

• Hybrid

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The Physical Appearance of an organism as a result of its Genotype.

• Recessive

• Allele

• Genotype

• Phenotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A Tool to predict the Probability of certain traits in offspring that shows the different ways alleles can Combine

• Genetic Engineering

• Punnet Square

• Hybrid

• Dominant Square

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

Describes an Organism with 2 Alleles that are the same for the trait

• Phenotype

• Genotype

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

Describes a trait that covers over, or Dominates, another form of that Trait

• Genotype

• Hybrid

• Recessive

• Dominate

Describes an organism with 2 Alleles that are different for a trait.

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

• Hybrid

• Purebred

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Describes a trait that is covered over, or Dominated, by another form of that trait and seems to disappear.

• Recessive

• Dominant

• Genotype

• Phenotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

An offspring that was given different genetic information for a trait from each parent.

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Purebred

• Hybrid

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2