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Genetics Vocabulary

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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GENETICS VOCABULARY

BY: REGAN WALKER

Traits- a characteristic of an organism

Heredity- passing traits from parent to offspring

Sexual reproduction- where plants an animals create offspring using genetic material

Asexual reproduction- not requiring fertilization/ only involves one parent

Gene- a segment of DNA or RNA

Chromosomes- a wound bundle of DNA found in most living organism

DNA- a genetic nuclei that instructs the development of a living organism

Genotype- genetics passed from one generation to another

Phenotype- physical features passed from a parent to a offspring

Allele- a series of genes on specific chromosomes and positions