Reproduction of Organisms Vocabulary

how a trait appears or is expressed

• genotype

• phenotype

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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

the passing of traits from parents to offspring

• heredity

• regeneration

• traits

• genetics

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

the study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

a genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor.

• dominant

• recessive

a genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor

• dominant

• recessive

a section of DNA on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait

• allele

• trait

• gene

• genetics

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

a different form of a gene

• allele

• trait

• phenotype

• genotype

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

the alleles of all the genes on an organism’s chromosomes; controls an organism's phenotype

• phenotype

• genotype

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

a genotype in which the two alleles of a gene are the same

• homozygous

• heterozygous

a genotype in which the two alleles of a gene are different

• homozygous

• heterozygous