Genetics & Inheritance

5. a nucleic acid that pairs with thymine
7. a specific characteristic of an individual
9. the basic unit of heredity passed from parent to child
10. describes how an organism will look
13. a molecule that contains genetic information
14. the genetic code for particular traits
15. describes the genetic information offspring inherits from the parent
16. a type of reproduction that requires two parents who each contribute DNA to the offspring, resulting in variation
18. organized, thread-like structures of tightly wound DNA
20. a trait that is masked or less common in a population
21. an organism that produces a new generation through reproduction
22. differences in the genomes of members of the same species
24. a change in the DNA

1. a characteristic that is learned or comes from your environment
2. having two identical alleles of a particular gene
3. a living organism that is the product of reproduction
4. the process in which an organism produces a new organism
6. a nucleic acid that pairs with adenine
8. a nucleic acid that pairs with cytosine
11. having two different alleles of a particular gene
12. a characteristics that comes from your parents; you can't control it
14. a nucleic acid that pairs with guanine
17. a trait that is stronger or more visible in a population
19. the study of heredity
23. a type of reproduction that involves one parent and produces offspring that is identical to the parent