Genetics and Heredity Vocabulary Quizizz Assignment

Genetics

• An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait
• Chains of amino acids that will later determine different genetic traits.
• A display of the chromosome pairs of a cell arranged by size and shape.
• the study of heredity

Heredity

• Passing of traits from parents to offspring
• An organism that always produces offspring with the same form of a trait as the parent.
• the process of making a copy of DNA
• A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes.

Proteins

• lowercase letters
• Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884)
• Chains of amino acids that will later determine different genetic traits.
• A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes.

Mutation

• Passing of traits from parents to offspring
• change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information
• one whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present
• enhances the survival or reproductive success of an organism

Beneficial Mutation

• A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait
• An allele that is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present
• A single-stranded nucleic acid that passes along genetic messages
• enhances the survival or reproductive success of an organism

Harmful Mutation

• one whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present
• An organism that has two different alleles for a trait
• An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait
• any mutation that reduces the reproductive success of an individual or its survival

Neutral Mutation

• Offspring of crosses between parents with different traits
• the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
• a mutation that has no effect on survival or reproduction
• A display of the chromosome pairs of a cell arranged by size and shape.

Chromosomes

• any mutation that reduces the reproductive success of an individual or its survival
• threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes
• different versions of a gene
• A building block of DNA, consisting of a five-carbon sugar covalently bonded to a nitrogenous base and a phosphate group.

Gene

• A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross
• Chains of amino acids that will later determine different genetic traits.
• An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits.
• A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait

Traits

• A display of the chromosome pairs of a cell arranged by size and shape.
• the study of heredity
• Characteristics that are inherited from parent to offspring
• enhances the survival or reproductive success of an organism