Fast and Curios: Genetics

Another word for characteristic is

• trait

• genotype

• gene

• DNA

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The passing of traits from parents to offspring

• traits

• heredity

• genotype

• gene

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A section of DNA that codes for something

• heredity

• phenotype

• gene

• DNA

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How reproductive cells are made: HALF of an organism's DNA is passed on from reproductive cells

• mitosis

• meiosis

• heredity

• DNA

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The Austrian monk who discovered the rules of heredity using experiments with peas

• Gregor Mendel

• Reginald Punnett

• Charles Darwin

• Robert Hooke

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Different versions of a gene

• DNA

• phenotype

• gene

• allele

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The stronger gene (represented with CAPITAL LETTERS)

• dominant allele

• recessive allele

• allele

• gene

The weaker gene (represented with lower case letters)

• dominant allele

• recessive allele

• gene

• allele

Two of the SAME genes (one from each parent)...there are TWO WORDS for this

• homozygous

• purebred

• heterozygous

• hybrid

Two DIFFERENT genes (a different version from each parent)...there are TWO words for this

• homozygous

• purebred

• heterozygous

• hybrid