Genetics Vocabulary

Study of Heredity

• Biology
• Geology
• Genetics
• Cellology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Passing of traits from parent to offspring

• dating
• holding hands
• heredity
• mitosis

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

The fundamental, physical, and functional unit of heredity

• genetics

• genotype

• phenotype

• gene

Physical characteristic

• Trait
• Heredity
• Genetics
• Genotype

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

the traits produced by those alleles that are physically seen

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• genotype

• phenotype

a gene composed of two identical alleles

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• dominant

• recessive

a gene composed of two different alleles

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• dominant

• recessive

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

• Recessive

• Allele

• Genotype

• Phenotype

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

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

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

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

• Hybrid

• Purebred