Genetics Vocab

2. Trait that is...Learned skills that an organism develops during their life, Examples:Playing a sport, riding a bike, playing a musical instrument
3. Trait that is...Attributes of an organism that can be seen by others Examples: Eye color, hair color, height, left handed
4. the physical genetic material within cells
6. the study of how traits are passed through generations
7. when an organism is heterozygous, and one allele is recessive to the other, we say the recessive allele is being...
10. process by which genetic information passes from parents to offspring
12. has 2 of the same alleles
15. the piles of DNA stored in the nucleus, Humans have 23 pairs of these
16. the pieces of DNA that code for specific traits
17. Trait that is...Instinctual actions that an organism does not necessarily need to be taught Examples: Natural fears, nest building and migration

1. any specific characteristic of an organism
2. different versions of the same gene
3. a drawing that shows the relationships between family members; can be used to track inherited traits
5. has different alleles
8. will only work if NO dominant alleles are present
9. the genetic code of an organism (inside your cells)
11. the physical appearance of an organism (eg. what you look like)
13. ALL the genetic information for an organism
14. will always work if present