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Genetics
Unit 7 genetics vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Offspring | the young of an animal or plant |
Inherit | to have (a characteristic, disease, etc.) because of the genes that you get from your parents when you are born |
Trait | a quality that makes one person or thing different from another |
Genetics | the scientific study of how genes control the characteristics of plants and animals |
DNA | a substance that carries genetic information in the cells of plants and animals |
Learned trait/behavior | are behaviors that must be taught/learned |
Acquired trait | A trait that is not inherited |
Species | a group of organisms of the same kind that can mate and produce offspring like themselves |
Population | all the organisms of the same species that live in the same place at the same time |
Community | populations of different kinds of organisms that live in the same place at the same time |
Culture | the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group. |
Inherited trait | a characteristic that is passed from parents to their offspring |
Genes | segments of DNA strands that code for a specific trait. |
Parent | is a caregiver of the offspring in their own species |
Variation | the occurrence of an organism in more than one distinct color or form |
Hereditary | the passing of traits from one generation to the next |
Litter | a group of animal offspring born at the same time |
Transmitted | occurring among members of a family usually by heredity |