GENETICS VOCABULARY

TRAITS

• Definition:Something you get from your parents.
• Ex:Like if you have blue or brown eyes you probably got it from your parents.
• characteristic or property of an organism.

HEREDITY

• Definition: Something passed to the offspring by the parent.
• This is why most offsprings look like there parents.
• The passing of physical characteristics from one generation to another.

SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

• Sexual reproduction is giving berth to an offspring that requires two parents.
• Ex:us humans,dogs,zebras etc.
• Looks like the both parents but not just one.

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

• Asexual reproduction only requires one parent. It does not require fertilization.
• Ex: Bacteria, and sometimes algae.
• Looks like the parent or exact duplicate.

GENES

• Genes are made up of DNA.Gene is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity.
• Ex. You have blue eyes because it's in your genes.
• It carries the information that determines your traits.

CHROMOSOMES

• A thread-like structure that is located inside the nucleus of plant and animal cells.
• A bundle of DNA and proteins found in the nucleus.
• Ex: there are chromosomes in your DNA.

DNA

• DNA is what make up a lot of living things. It created you.
• It contains the genetic instructions for development and function for all living things.
• The code is made up of of four chemical bases.adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), and thymine (T). This chemicals pair up.

GENOTYPE

• Genotype is your physical trait passed down from generation by internal genetic coding.
• Is responsible for a specific trait.

PHENOTYPE

• Phenotype is a observable traits passed on from parent to offspring.
• The color of your eyes/hair and shape of nose etc...

ALLELE

• Determines distinct traits that can be passed on from parent to offspring.
• Allele can determine or describe what thing will look like during reproduction.

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