Intro to Genetics Vocabulary

The study of heredity...

• Hereditary

• Genetics

• Genes

• Inherited

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring...

• Genetics

• Heredity

• Relationship

• Kinship

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Contains the code for your GENES...

• Genetic code

• Learned behaviors

• DNA

• Proteins

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Controls the traits that you exhibit such as hair color, eye color, and the ability to roll your tongue

• Heredity

• Chromosomes

• Genes

• Traits

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The building blocks of cells, tissues and organs, which also control your characteristics...

• DNA

• Proteins

• Organelles

• Hormones

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Observable characteristics that are passed on from parents to offspring...

• Genotype

• Trait

• Chromosomes

• DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The trait that overshadows other traits...

• Co-dominant

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Hidden

The trait that 'hides' in the background...

• Dominant

• Co-Dominant

• Recessive

• Hidden

Letters that we use to represent the different forms of a gene, such as AA, Aa, or aa.

• Alleles

• Chromosomes

• Traits

• Phenotype

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait, such as BB or bb.

• Heterozygous

• Diverse

• Homozygous

• Identical