Genetics and Inheritance Vocab Review

Passing of traits from one generation to the next

• Heredity
• Genetics
• Inheritance
• Allele

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

The genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring, taken collectively

• Heredity
• Genetics
• Inheritance
• Allele

Scientific study of how traits are passed to offspring through genes

• Heredity
• Genetics
• Inheritance
• Allele

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Alternate form of a gene for a single trait; may be dominant or recessive

• Heredity
• Genetics
• Inheritance
• Allele

Segment of DNA on a chromosome that contains instructions for protein synthesis and controls a particular inherited trait

• Gene
• Pedigree
• Punnett Square
• Dominant

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

• Gene
• Pedigree
• Punnett Square
• Dominant

A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross

• Gene
• Pedigree
• Punnett Square
• Dominant

An organism’s physical appearance, or visible traits

• Recessive
• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Heterozygous

Having two different alleles for a given trait, usually one dominant and one recessive

• Recessive
• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Heterozygous

An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present

• Recessive
• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Heterozygous