Genetics Vocabulary Project by BENJAMIN KABLACH https://padlet.com/3639921/7o0tid3tyy428ili Ben Kablach en-us 2022-01-06 16:28:35 UTC 2024-06-28 08:23:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f171.png Trait 3639921 https://padlet.com/3639921/7o0tid3tyy428ili/wish/1979085538 A distinguishing quality, a feature unique to something.
This term makes me think of people with unique eye colors like blue or green.
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It makes me think people's heights 
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Punnett squares
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]]> 2022-01-06 17:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/3639921/7o0tid3tyy428ili/wish/1979127571 Homozygous 3639921 https://padlet.com/3639921/7o0tid3tyy428ili/wish/1979137078 Having two identical alleles of a particular gene or genes, having either both dominant or both recessive alleles in a gene.
Punnett Squares
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]]> 2022-01-06 17:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/3639921/7o0tid3tyy428ili/wish/1979137078 Dominant 3639921 https://padlet.com/3639921/7o0tid3tyy428ili/wish/1979839819 A dominant trait or gene, The gene that is visible over the recessive one.
This makes me think of The big R in Punnett squares.
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]]> 2022-01-07 02:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/3639921/7o0tid3tyy428ili/wish/1979839819 Recessive 3639921 https://padlet.com/3639921/7o0tid3tyy428ili/wish/1991112540 The trait that is expressed when an organism has two recessive alleles, or forms of a gene, The trait that only appears when there is no dominant.
This makes me think of the little r in Punnett Squares
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I think of flowers that are a mix of colors such as an orange flower from red and yellow flowers.
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I think of DNA and how it is what you are made of
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I think of pheno like physical characteristics
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I think of an animal with spots
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I think of animals that are the same but have different colors
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I think of birth charts
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I think of getting 23 chromosomes from your mom and 23 from your dad.
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I think of slicing a sandwich in half while you are in the process of making it, in order to put certain topings on one half and leave them off the other.
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I think of xx or xy chromosomes on humans
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I think of skin color
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