eukaryotic - this type of cells has a nucleus, DNA - A molecule that contains all the instructions an organism needs to develop, live, and reproduce, genes - Sections of DNA that tell a cell how to make proteins, trait - a specific characteristic of an organism, mutation - a permanent change in the DNA sequence, genetics - the study of heredity and variation in inherited characteristics, heredity - the passing of physical or mental characteristics from one generation to another, alleles - different forms of a gene, which produce variations in an inherited trait, dominant - you only need one copy of this type of allele to have the phenotype for trait, recessive - you have to have two copies of this type of allele to have the phenotype for the trait, genotype - the genetic code an organism has, phenotype - the observable trait in an organism, heterozygous - two different alleles, homozygous - two of the same alleles,

Genetics Vocab

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