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Genetics Vocabulary

Haley richings 7th period

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GENETICS VOCABULARY

By : Haley Richings

TRAITS

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

HEREDITY

Passing on characteristics from parents to offspring

SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

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

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

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

GENES

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

CHROMOSOMES

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

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid; hereditary material in humans

GENOTYPE

Combinations of genes in a 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