Genetics and Heredity Vocabulary

The child or product of reproduction by plants, animals, and all other living things.

• allele

• gene

• offspring

• trait

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A behavioral or physical characteristic that is passed from parents to their offspring.

• inheritance

• genetics

• trait

• recessive allele

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A section of DNA that codes for a specific protein.

• gene

• offspring

• chromosome

• phenotype

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One of the different forms of a single gene, either dominant or recessive.

• Allele

• DNA

• Chromosome

• Genome

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The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

• allele

• dominance

• gene

• heredity

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The allele that is shown or expressed even if only one copy is present. This is shown by a capital letter (ex: R)

• dominant

• recessive

• invisible

• genotype

The allele that needs two copies to express the trait. This is shown by a lower case letter. (ex: r)

• dominant

• recessive

• invisible

• genotype

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The combination of alleles that an organism has. This determines what trait the organism will have.

• genotype

• phenotype

• homozygous

• heterozygous

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The physical or behavioral trait that is shown or expressed.

• genotype

• phenotype

• homozygous

• heterozygous

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This Austrian monk is known as the Father of Modern Genetics.

• Albert Einstein

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Isaac Newton

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