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Genetics vocabulary. Lab 54 vocabulary. 1. Genetics- the study of heredity. 2. Characteristic: a feature or quality that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe a person or group of people . Example : eye color. 3. Trait - A different version of a characteristic Example: brown eyes.
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Lab 54 vocabulary 1. Genetics- the study of heredity.
2. Characteristic: a feature or quality that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe a person or group of people. • Example: eye color
3. Trait- A different version of a characteristic • Example: brown eyes
4. Heredity: the passing of genetic traits from parents to offspring. • Ex. Having one parent’s eye color
Lab 55 vocabulary 5. Inherited: traits that are passed from parents to children.
6. offspring- the genetic product of another organism Lab 55 vocabulary
Lab 56 vocabulary • 7. gene- the inherited bits of information that are passed directly from the parents’ cells to the child’s cells
Lab 57 vocabulary • 8. Asexual Reproduction: creating offspring using genetic information from one parent.
9. Sexual Reproduction: creating offspring using genetic information from two parents.
10. Mutation: a random change in a gene that causes the offspring to have a different trait from its parent/s.
12. Fertilization: the union of a sperm and egg cell to produce a new and different offspring.
Lab 58 • 13. hypothesis- an idea that is not proven but leads to further study or discussion
14. model- something or someone that is a very good example of something
Lab 59 • 15. allele- one of two or more forms of a gene
16. dominant- the form of a gene that masks the affect of the other when both are present.
17. recessive- the form of a gene that is masked or not seen by the dominant allele.
Lab 60 • 20. Gregor Mendel- an Austrian monk who first studied traits passed from parents to offspring.
Lab 60 • 21. breeding – The mating of two individuals to produce offspring with a desired characteristic.
Lab 61 • 22. homozygous – Having two of the same alleles such as TT or tt– “pure”.
Lab 61 • 23. heterozygous – Having two different alleles such as Tt – “hybrid”.