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Heredity And genetics Flashcards

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Traits

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Quality or a characteristic of a living thing.

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Heredity

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The passing of these traits are called heredity.

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Inherited traits

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Physical characteristics that are passed from parents to offspring

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Instincts

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Behaviors you inherit

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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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Genotype

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Is the actual genetic make up of an individual

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Phenotype

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what that individual looks like

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Dominant

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TT= tall which the TT also means dominant

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Recessive

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tt= short which tt also means recessive

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