Genetics Voacbulary
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Morgan-Spiker on May 1, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Allele | A different version of a gene |
| asexual reproduction | A new thing that is created by only one parent |
| carrier | Someone who carries the gene of a genetic condition but, does not seem to have it |
| cell division | Something a cell uses to make new copies of the cell |
| chromosomes | DNA that is wrapped around protein during phases. Information that is genetic of the organism |
| Co-Dominance | Pattern in which inheritance where two alleles are equally expressed |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid, material of all of the organisms |
| Dominant | Overpowers a trait that is below it such as recessive |
| fertilization | When a sperm and egg cell combine, happens in a fallopian tube |
| Gamete | Haploid sex cell egg or sperm |
| gene | Something that is inherited from DNA to another gene |
| generations | A group of descendants in a family from DNA that are all genetically related to one another |
| genetic diseases | A disease that can be inherited from a gene |
| geneticist | A person that study genetics |
| genetics | Studying of inheritance |
| genotype | The type of gene, it is assigned with different alleles |
| Gregor Mendel | First person to study how traits are passed from parent to child |
| incomplete dominance | pattern of inheritance where the offspring has a phenotype that is halfway between the two parents phenotypes |
| inherited | means something that is passed down from a parent to there offspring like a genetic disease |
| Mendelian inheritance | a scientific theory of how hereditary diseases are passed from parent organisms to their offspring |
| mutation | A change in the nucleotide sequence of DNA |
| pedigree | A chart which shows the inheritance of a trait over several generations |
| phenotype | The physical appearance that is the result of a genotype |
| Punnett Square | A box that predicts the offspring based on the alleles from the parents of dominant and recessive traits |
| Recessive trait | The trait that is not common usually overpowered by the dominant trait |
| Reginald Punnett | Made the Punnett square to predict offspring |
| Selective breeding | Breeding animals for certain traits that you would like in their offspring |
| sexual reproduction | When two gametes combine and it makes a new set of mixed DNA and genes from those two gametes |
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