Vocab.
Vocab.
Vocab.
Vocab.
Vocab
100
Genes
Inherited bits of info passed directly from parents
100
Offspring
Children
100
Nature
What you are born with; your genes
100
Variation
Difference
100
Characteristic
Unique traits that make you, you. Ex: Eye color
200
Trait
Different versions based on both heredity and environment. Ex: Blue eyes
200
Syndrome
A condition that causes a pattern of physical changes.
200
Genetic Counters
Someone who helps people that has a genetic disorder
200
Trade - Offs
Giving up something for another
200
Clone
From Asexual reproduction. Exact Copy
300
Asexual Reproduction
Offspring is identical to the parent. One parent Ex: Unicellular Organisms, cell division
300
Sexual Reproduction
The process when the sperm cell unites with an egg cell. Two parents.
300
Fertilization
The union of the sperm and egg cell
300
Mutation
A random change in a gene. Helpful or Harmful.
300
Budding
The process when small new organisms grow directly our of their parent's body.
400
Allele
A version of a gene. Every organism gets two.
400
Dominant
A trait you can always observe. Ex: Tt,TT,
400
Recessive
A trait that is hidden by the Dominant trait. Ex: tt
400
Probability
The chance that something will happen.
400
Random
When something happens for no apparent reason.
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