Heredity & Genetics

hereditary material with the instructions to make an organism

• DNA

• dominant trat

• phenotype

• heterozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

The basic unit of heredity passed from parent to child; Part of DNA

• trait

• gene

• DNA

• dominant

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

the study of heredity

• humanity

• inheritance

• biology

• genetics

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

the passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next

• genotype

• parent

• heredity

• offspring

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

passes genetic information onto the offspring

• recessive

• genotype

• phenotype

• parent

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

receives genetic information from parents; baby, children, new organism

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• offspring

• recessive

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

a characteristic

examples: hair color, eye color, height

• phenotype

• homozygous

• offspring

• trait

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

two different alleles for a trait

examples: Bb, Nn, Yy

• genotype

• phenotype

• homozygous

• heterozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

two identical (same) alleles for a trait

examples: BB, NN, nn

• genotype

• phenotype

• homozygous

• heterozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

gene that covers up another form of the trait;

the "winning" trait;

shown with a capital letter

• dominant

• recessive

• parent

• genotype

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1