Genetics Vocabulary

the father of genetics

• James Watson

• Robert Hooke

• Gregor Mendel

• Reginald Punnett

the science that studies how traits are inherited through the interactions of alleles

• heredity

• genetics

• biology

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The study of heredity

• botany

• heredity

• genetics

• geophysics

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The basic unit of heredity that consists of a segment of DNA on a chromosome

• chromosome

• double helix

• homozygous

• gene

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One of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.

• alleles

• DNA

• dominant gene

• inherited

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Deoxyribonucleic acid, a double stranded helical molecule that carries genetic information.

• dominant gene

• chromosomes

• DNA

• gene

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the child or young of two parents

• phenotype

• species

• purebred

• offspring

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A distinguishing characteristic or quality, a feature that is inherited such as flower color, hair color, and height.

• hybrid

• trait

• chromosomes

• heredity

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Genetic makeup of an animal or plant

• phenotype

• inherited trait

• homozygous

• genotype

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physical features of an animal

• phenotype

• recessive gene

• inherited trait

• heredity

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