Heredity And Genetics Flashcards

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Traits

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A quality or a characteristic of a living thing

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Heredity

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A passing of a characteristic from your parents.

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Inherited traits

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A physical characteristic that is passed from parents to the offspring.

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Genes

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A tiny part of cell that hold DNA which contains our inherited traits

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Learned behaviors

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Behaviors that are not inherited from our parents

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Instincts

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Inherited behaviors are called instincts

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Recessive

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Traits that show up less often

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Dominant

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Traits that show up more often

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Phenotype

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What the individual looks like

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Genotype

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The actual genetic make up of an individual

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