Genetics Vocabulary

passing of traits from parents to offspring

• Chromosomes

• DNA

• Gene

• genetics

• heredity

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genetic information found in the nucleus of a cell

• Chromosomes

• DNA

• Gene

• genetics

• heredity

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section of DNA that has genetic information for one trait

• Chromosomes

• DNA

• Gene

• genetics

• heredity

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study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring

• Chromosomes

• DNA

• Gene

• genetics

• heredity

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structures in the nucleus that carry DNA molecules

• Chromosomes

• DNA

• Gene

• genetics

• heredity

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model used to predict possible genotypes and phenotypes of offspring

• hybrid

• mutation

• Punnett Square

• genotype

• phenotype

two alleles that control the phenotype of a gene

• hybrid

• mutation

• Punnett Square

• genotype

• phenotype

a gene that did not replicate itself exactly (switched, missing, deleted)

• hybrid

• mutation

• Punnett Square

• genotype

• phenotype

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how a trait appears or is expressed

• hybrid

• mutation

• Punnett Square

• genotype

• phenotype

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offspring of two plants or animals with different forms of the same trait

• hybrid

• mutation

• Punnett Square

• genotype

• phenotype

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