Genetics

Heredity

• passing of traits from parents to offspring

• types of muscle that voluntarily moves your body and connects bones to other bones

• releases an egg every month to be fertilized

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Phenotype

• the physical expression of a gene

• the non-physical expression of a gene

• another name for deoxyribonucleic acid

Allele

• a version of a gene

• a big chromosome

• A highly structured pieces of DNA

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Dominant

• the inherited characteristic that is ALWAYS expressed when present

• the inherited characteristic that is SOMETIMES expressed when present

• the inherited characteristic that is NEVER expressed when present

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Dominant

• the stronger gene

• the weaker gene

• the are you serious right NE-OW gene

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Nucleus

• contains the DNA, the control center of the cell

• the jelly like substance that hold the organelles together

• only in prokaryotic cells

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Recessive

• the weaker characteristic

• the stronger characteristic

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What is the passing of traits from parent to offspring?

• heredity

• hereditary

• genetics

• stamen

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the study of how traits are passed on.

• self-pollination

• pistil

• genetics

• observable traits

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True of False.. genetics is the study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring.

• True

• False

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