Genetics / Heredity Flashcards
1
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Inherited traits
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Physical characteristics that are passed from parents to offspring.
2
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Learned behaviors
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Behaviors that are not inherited from your parents.
3
Q
Trait
A
Quality of characteristic of a living thing.
4
Q
Genes
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Part of a cell that contains all our inherited traits.
5
Q
Heredity
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Passing of traits from parents to offspring.
6
Q
Instinct
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Behaviors you inherit from parent genes.
7
Q
Phenotype
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A phenotype is what an individual looks like.
8
Q
Dominant
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Dominates are the strongest trait and beat out a recessive gene.
9
Q
Recessive
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Recessive genes are the weakest genes you have. They get beat out by dominant genes.
10
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Genotype
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A genotype is the actual genetic make up of a human, or plant.
