Vocabulary for heredity

VOCABULARY FOR HEREDITY

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Characteristics

A distinguishing feature or qualtiy.

Dominant traits

Occur when one allele masks or suppresses the expression of its partner

Inborn

Inherent naturally present at birth:inate

Inherited

Derive genetically from one’s parents or ancestors.

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Innate Existing from birth, inborn

Instinctive behaviors

Behaviors animals are born knowing how to do.

Learned behaviors

Actions and reactions that an animal learns itself usually from its parents.

Offspring

Children or young of a person animal or plant.

Recessive trait

A trait that reappears in the second generation after disappearing in the first generation when parents with different traits are bred.

Trait

A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.

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