Biology Heredity

the study of heredity

• humanity

• inheritance

• biology

• genetics

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

the passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next

• genotype

• parent

• heredity

• offspring

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

a characteristic

examples: hair color, eye color, height

• phenotype

• homozygous

• offspring

• trait

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

two different alleles for a trait

• genotype

• phenotype

• homozygous

• heterozygous

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two identical (same) alleles for a trait

• genotype

• phenotype

• homozygous

• heterozygous

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gene that covers up another form of the trait;

the "winning" trait;

shown with a capital letter

• dominant

• recessive

• parent

• genotype

gene most likely to stay hidden or covered up;

shown with a lowercase letter

• dominant

• recessive

• phenotype

• offspring

genetic code for a trait;

genes that produce a phenotype

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• phenotype

• genotype

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

physical expression of a genotype;

traits you can see, count, or measure

• genotype

• heterozygous

• phenotype

• homozygous

tool that shows the possible genotypes in the offspring of two parents

• Inheritance Chart

• DNA Data

• Mendel Model

• Punnett Square