TRAITS

• Definition: distinct variant or “option” of a phenotypic characteristic of an organism that may be inherited

HEREDITY

• Passing on physical characteristics 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 that forms from only one parent and its a clone of that parent

GENES

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

CHROMOSONES

• 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

GENOTYPE

PHENOTYPE

ALLELE