Heredity And Genetics Flashcards

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Traits

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Quality of characteristics of a Living thing.

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Inherited traits

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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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Genes

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Part of a cell that contain our inherited traits.

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Learned behaviors

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Behaviors that are not inherited.

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Dominant

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Traits that show up more often.

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Recessive

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Traits the show up less often.

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Genotype

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The actual genetic make up of an individual.

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Phenotype

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What the individual looks like.

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