Geniticts / Heredity Flashcards

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Inherited traits

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Physical characteristics that are passed from parent to offspring

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Trait

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Quality of characteristics of a living thing

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Genes

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Part of a cell that contains our inherited traits

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Learned behaviors

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Behaviors that are not inherited

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Heredity

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Passing of traits from parents to offspring

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Instinct

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Behaviors you inherited

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Phenotype

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The phenotype is what someone looks like

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Dominant

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Traits that show up more often called dominant traits

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Recessive

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Traits that show up less often called recessive traits.

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Genotype

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The genotype is the actual genetic

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