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the continuity of traits from one generation to the next
this is the reason organisms resemble their parents |
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| offspring exhibit individuality, different somewhat from their parents and their siblings |
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a hereditary unit that codes for genetic information
a segment of DNA |
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the tens of thousands of genes we inherit from our parents make up a genome
all of our genes together make up a genome |
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| a gene's specific location along the length of a chromosome |
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| a single individual is the sole parent and passes copies of all its genes on to its offspring |
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| the offspring has the same genetic info as its parents |
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| two parents give rise to offspring that have unique combinations of genes inherited from both parents |
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| sperm and egg (ova) cells |
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| any other cell besides sperm and egg cells including muscle, nerve, etc. |
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| a long coiled up strand of DNA |
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every human has 23
chromosome that have same length, centromere position, and staining pattern
carry genes that control the same inherited characteristics (eye color, attached ear lobes)
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