Genetics Review

the study of how traits are inherited, or passed on, from organisms to their offspring

• trait

• Genetics

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the passing on of physical or behavioral traits from organisms to their offspring

• DNA

• heredity

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the acronym for deoxyribonucleic acid, this carries all genetic information about a living thing; made up of two long strands of nucleotide that resemble a twisted ladder

• gene

• DNA

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one unit of DNA that holds genetic information and tells cells what traits to express

• chromosome

• gene

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a thread-like structure inside the nucleus of a cell that contains genes

• chromosome

• offspring

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different forms of a gene for the same characteristic

• allele

• DNA

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the genetic makeup an individual organism; the three types of a given gene are heterozygous (Tt), homozygous dominant (TT), and homozygous recessive (tt)

• Punnett Square

• genotype

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the physical appearance and outward traits of an organism that is the result of its genetic makeup

• dominant

• phenotype

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a diagram that represents the probability of all possible genetic outcomes for the offspring of two parents based on the parents' genetic makeup

• Punnett Square

• chromosome

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when an organism receives two different alleles for a given gene

• heterogenous

• allele

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