features - the common structures among organisms of the same species, inherit - to pass on a trait from parents to offspring, trait - a specific characteristic of an individual's features, variations - the range of differences in the traits of a population of organisms, heredity - the passing of genetic traits from one generation to the next, DNA - a molecule in all cells that contains an organism's entire genetic code, chromosome - a structure made of tightly coiled DNA , gene - a small section of DNA that codes for a specific trait, allele - different forms of a gene for a certain trait. One comes from female, on ecomes from male, genotype - the allele combination that makes up an organism's gene, phenotype - The physical expression of an organism's genes. (WHAT SHOWS), Heterozygous (Hybrid) - a gene with one recessive and one dominant allele (Aa), Homozygous Dominant - Having two of the SAME DOMINANT alleles (AA), Homozygous Recessive - Having two of the SAME RECESSIVE alleles (aa), Punnett square - used to predict the genetic outcome of a pairing. Shows all the possible allele combinations. ,

Genetics Vocabulary (8)

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