GED Science: Life Science: Genetics Questions and Answers.

genotype - Answer genetic code that a person carries and that provides information about particular trait phenotype - Answer expressions of genetic traits that result from interactions of the genotype with the environment genes - Answer DNA segments that serve as the key functional units in hereditary transmission autosomes - Answer pairs of chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes homologous pair - Answer a pair of chromosomes, one from the father and one from the mother, with the same structure alleles - Answer versions of the instructions for genetic traits species - Answer a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding asexual reproduction - Answer a reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that is identical to the parent sexual reproduction - Answer two sex cells combine to form unique offspring with characteristics from both parent cells sperm - Answer male sex cell ova - Answer female reproductive cells traits - Answer a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes heredity / inherited traits - Answer the transmission of traits from one generation to the next