science genetics Flashcards
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Chromosomes
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- Package for DNA
- located inside the nucleus of the cell
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DNA
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The blueprints of life.
Blueprints- instructions to build organisms
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Genes
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Parts of the DNA that code for traits
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Genotype
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Represented with the two letters (RR, Rr,rr). The info in your genes , you can’t look at a person and read their code.
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Phenotype
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- physical
- you look at a person and can see their traits.
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Dominant
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Traits that hide or overpower the recessive traits. Use capital letters.
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Recessive
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Traits that are hidden or overpowered by the dominant traits. Use lowercase letters.
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Hybrid
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1 Capital R and 1 lowercase r
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Pure recessive
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2 lowercase r’s
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Pure dominant
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2 uppercase R’s
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alleles
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Forms a gene or trait
