Inhearitance and Genetics

Question 1

Inheritance and Genetic Variation

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Allele- one of two or more variations of a gene

Question 3

Asexual Reproduction- The reproduction process that involves one parent and produces offspring identical to the parent.

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Chromosome- A single, highly, organzied and structured peice of DNA

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Gene- The basic physical and functional unit of heridity made up of DNA

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Ginetic Variation- The variety of a gene combinations that exsit within a population.

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Offspring- Producut of reproduction; a new organism produced by on or more parents.

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Sexual Reporoduction- The reproduction process involving two parents who genetic material is combined to produce a new orginism different from itself.

Question 9

Punnet Square- A tool used to analyize the possible allele combinations of the offspring between 2 indivisuals.

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Variation- The occurrence of an organism, trait, or gene in more than one form.

Question 11

inherriated trait- A characteristic that
is passed from
parent to offspring

Question 12

vegitavtive propogation-