By : Haley Richings

Variant of a phenotypic characteristic of a organism that may be inherited

Passing on characteristics from parents to offspring

Reproduction involving the fusion of female and male cells and producing offspring

Reproduction from only one parent and also a clone of the parent

A set of information that controls a trait ; code in the DNA

Tightly coiled DNA within the nucleus that is passed through generations to generations

Deoxyribonucleic acid; hereditary material in humans

Combinations of genes in a organism

Outward appearance of an organism; regardless of genotype

Alternative forms of a gene for each variation of a trait of an organism