heridty Flashcards by Jaden Carey | Brainscape

Flashcards in heridty Deck (13)

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Dominant trait

the trait observed in the first generation when parents that have diffrent traits are bred

2

ressesive traigt

Can skip a generation

3

Heredity

the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.

4

genes

a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.

5

alleles

one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.

6

phenotype

the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.

7

genotype

the genetic constitution of an individual organism.

8

probability

the likely hood of something happening

9

meiosis

a type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell

10

pedigree

the record of descent of an animal, showing it to be purebred.

11

DNA

That carries the genitics

12

Nucleotide

a compound consisting of a nucleoside linked to a phosphate group. Nucleotides form the basic structural unit of nucleic acids such as DNA.

13

Mutations

of the nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA or other genetic elements.

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