Unit 4 Genetics Vocabulary

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The process in which characteristics pass from parents to offspring.
Heredity
The scientific study of heredity.
Genetics
An organism's physical characteristics.
Traits
Genetic material is found in these rodlike structures located in the nucleus of the cell. Also, control an organism's inherited chracteristics.
Chromosomes
Chromosomes are made partly of long-chain molecules of _____.
DNA
A segment of a DNA molecule that contains information that governs a specific trait.
Gene