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| the passing of traits from parents to offspring |
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| the study of how certain features are passed from one parent to the offspring |
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| distinguishing quality that all members of a species share |
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| different forms of the same trait |
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male and female reproductive cells
(sperm and egg) |
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| a small segment of DNA that carries hereditary information |
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sexual
asexual
rooting budding
spore fission |
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| some are determined by a single gene and others are determined by the interaction of many genes |
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| different forms of a single gene |
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| the fertilization of the egg of one individual with the pollen or sperm of another individual |
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| the stronger of two traits |
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| combination of an organism's dominant and recessive alleles for a trait |
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| having different alleles from each parent for a particular gene |
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| having the same allele from both parents for a particular gene |
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| the offspring produced as a result of cross-fertilization |
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| the observable traits of an organism |
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-the law of segregation
-each trait determined by a pair of genes
-which is inherited from each parent |
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| DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) |
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the molecule within a cell that carries
the genetic information of an organism |
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| the combination of a nitrogen base, sugar and phosphate that form a subunit of the DNA chain |
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| the process in which DNA molecule make exact duplicates |
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Adenine
Thymine
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4 different nucleotides that make up DNA
each made from nucleic acid,a sugar and phosphate group |
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| Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine |
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-these 4 molecules form 2 long strands
-these 2 strands are linked together by a pair of nucleotides resembling the rungs of a ladder |
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| DNA twists around itself formin this |
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| the chemical instructions that translate genetic information |
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| tiny organelles that produce protein of the cell |
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| a nucleic acid made out of nucleotides that contain ribose as the sugar rather than the deoxyribose found in DNA |
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| a pattern used to make a complementary strand of DNA |
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| the conversion of information from DNA to form into RNA |
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| the conversion of information from RNA into proteins |
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transcription-mRNA is made from the DNA template
translation-mRNA moves from nucleus to ribosomes in the cytoplasm |
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| a physical or chemical agent that causes mutations to occur |
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| a change is the sequence of one or more nucleotides in a DNA molecule |
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| the third phase of mitosis and meiosis |
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| the point at which sister chromatids are attached to each other |
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| the mixture of DNA and protein that makes up a chromosome |
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| members of a chromosome pair |
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| the cell division process in which new gamete cells are formed |
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| the second phase of mitosis and meiosis |
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| the cell division process in which new somatic cells are formed |
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| the first phase of mitosis and meiosis |
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| cells that have the full number of chromosomes |
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| cells that have the full number of chromosomes |
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| cells that have the full number of chromosomes |
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| the fourth phase of mitosis and meiosis |
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| Each daughter cell receives an identical copy of the parents' chromosomes |
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| The new cells have half the usual number of chromosomes |
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| any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome |
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| the arrangement of chromosome pairs by shape, size and chromosome number |
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| chromosomes that determine the sex of an individual |
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| alleles that are expressed jointly |
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| the total genetic material of an organism |
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| traits whose genes are carried by X or Y chromosomes |
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| people who see a range of color, usually blues and yellows |
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| a sex-linked trait that is determined by a father's genes |
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| is a codominant blood type |
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