
Genetics Vocabulary
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- Q1Transfer of genetic information from parent to offspring.DNAgeneticstraitheredity10s
- Q2A compacted/condensed strand of DNAnucleotidechromosomegenephosphate10s
- Q3A section of DNA that codes for a traitgenotypegenetraithomozygous10s
- Q4The physical appearance of an organismphenotypegenotypepurebredDNA10s
- Q5A characteristic of an organism.genegenetic makeuptraitnitrogen base10s
- Q6An allele that is always expressedheterozygoushomozygousdominantrecessive10s
- Q7Organelle that contains genetic material in eukaryotes.cytoplasmnucleusmitochondrianucleolus10s
- Q8A macromolecule that contains all of the genetic information.proteincarbohydrateDNAnucleic acid10s
- Q9Genetic makeup of an individual.genotypegenomegenesallele10s
- Q10A different form of a genelocusdominantalleleco-dominant10s
- Q11An allele that is only expressed when no dominant allele is present.recessivehomozygousweakheterozygous10s
- Q12Pairs of alleles that are the same.identical genesheterozygoushomozygoustwins10s
- Q13Pairs of alleles that are different.deoxyribosenucleotidesheterozygouspurebred10s