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A physical characteristic is called this
What is a trait
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The passing of traits from parent to offspring.
What is heredity
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The scientific study of heredity is also called this
What is genetics
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Purebred means the same as this
What is homozygous
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Organisms that have two different alleles for a trait are called
What is hybrid or heterozygous
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These are factors that control traits
What are genes
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These are different forms of a gene
What are Alleles
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A trait that will ALWAYS show up in an organism as long as it it present
What is a dominant allele
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A trait that is masked by a dominant allele
What is a recessive allele
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This is a chart that shows and arranges chromosomes in order from largest to smallest
What is a Karyotype
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The two most commonly found types of genetic mutations
What are somatic and hereditary mutations
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This refers to an organism's Physical Characteristics
What is a Phenotype
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This is a chart used to find all possible allele combinations in a cross.
What is a Punnett Square
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This is having two DIFFERENT alleles for a trait
What is heterozygous
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This is having two IDENTICAL alleles for a trait
What is homozygous
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A genetic trait that occurs in more than 1% of the population
What is polymorphism
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Referred to as the "genetic blueprint" or code for an organism
What is DNA
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This brings the code from the nucleus to the ribosome
What is mRNA
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This translates the message, and collects amino acids
What is tRNA
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This is a permanent change in an organisms DNA
What is a mutation
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The full name for DNA
What is deoxyribonucleic acid
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Amino acids arranged in a particular order produce a certain one of these
What is a protien
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When a child shows traits that neither of the parents show
What is an example of two recessive traits being carried and passed by both parents
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This has to do with cells that do not have a specific function, and can therefore become any type of cell. Research in this area is very controversial
What are stem cells
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An example of this would be creating "super rice" or transferring genes from one organism to another
What is genetic engineering
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