genetic Flashcards

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Ancestor

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I descended from my parents, my parents from their parents, and so on an ancestor is formed

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Descendant

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related to a person who lived in a previous time, such as being a descendant of your grandparents or parents

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Asexual reproduction

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asexual reproduction is inheriting the set equal to a parent

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Chromosome

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the chromosome produces the genetic cells to a new being

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Allele

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Allele I think is like double genetics

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Diverse Offspring

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Diverse Offspring is a combination of mother and father genes

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Uniform Offspring

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descending everything from a father, is to have the genetics of your father or mother

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DNA

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DNA determines genetics about someone, examples DNA tests determine if you are someone’s family…

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Gene

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the genes produce the molecules

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Heredity

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It is the passage from one ancestor to another generation, examples when your parents buy a car and leave it to you as an heredity

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genetics

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genetics is inheriting something like your parents or grandparents example, of the father has blue eyes you may get the blue eyes of your father

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traits

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Heir some characteristic of your parents or family

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Heterozygous

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being heterozygous for hair color could mean you have one allele for red hair and one allele for brown hair

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Homozygous

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is the presence of the identical alleles, without any change

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Dominant Trait

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is expressed in a person who has only one copy of that gene

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Recessive Trait

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Every organism that organizes its DNA into chromosomes has two alleles for a trait, one from its mother and one from its father.

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Genotype

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It is a collection of genes from the father and mother

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Phenotype

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the characteristics equal to your father or mother, example you inherit the hair color of your mother

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Punnett Square

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I think it is a combination of genes