Heredity And Genetics Flashcards

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Trait

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Quality of a characteristic of a living thing

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Inherited trait

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Physical characteristics that are passed from parents to offspring

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Heredity

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Passing of traits from parents to offspring

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Instincts

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Behaviors you inherit

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Learned behaviors

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Behaviors that you learn

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Genes

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A part of your cell that contains our inherited traits

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Dominant traits

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Traits that show up more often

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Recessive traits

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Traits that show up less often

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Phenotype

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Physical appearances

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Genotype

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What is in the genes

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