Heredity & Adaptation Inv. 2 Vocab

Individual directly related to an ancestor from whom they inherit characteristics

• Ancestor

• Descendant

• Common Ancestor

• Feature

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Ex: Arms on humans

• Trait

• Feature

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

One copy of a gene

• Gene

• Chromosome

• Allele

• DNA

Ex: Eye color in humans

• Trait

• Feature

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The pair of alleles inherited for a particular gene

• Genotype

• Phenotype

The trait expressed by an organism

• Genotype

• Phenotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

A population with many different traits would have

• Variation

• Limitations

• Recessive

• Cladogram

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The genotype Aa is considered

• Homozygous Dominant

• Homozygous Recessive

• Heterozygous

The genotype aa is considered

• Homozygous Dominant

• Homozygous Recessive

• Heterozygous

Round seeds are dominant to wrinkled seeds. The allele that codes for round seeds would be

• R

• r