Heridity And Genetics Flashcards

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Traits

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A quality or 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 off traits from parents to offspring

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Instincts

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Behaviors you inherit

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Learned behavior

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Behaviors that are not inherited

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Genes

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Parts of a cell that contains our inherited traits

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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 that show up less often

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Phenotype

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What an individual looks like

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A genotype

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The actual genetic make up of an individual

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