PRESENTATION OUTLINE
TRAITS-
a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.
HEREDITY-
the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.
SEXUAL REPRODUCTION-
Reproduction which involves the fusion of male and female sex cells and produces genetic variation in offspring
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION-
offspring form from only one parent and it a clone of that parent
GENES-
The set of information that controls a trait; code in the DNA
CHROMOSOMES-
Compact structure of tightly coiled DNA within the nucleus containing the genetic information that is passed from one generation of cells to the next.
DNA-
Deoxyribonucleic acid; hereditary material in humans
GENOTYPE-
A combination of genes in an organism
PHENOTYPE-
outward appearance of an organism; regardless of genotype
ALLELE-
Alternative forms of a gene for each variation of a trait of an organism
