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Reproduction and Heredity Vocabulary

Use the following words and match them with the correct definition. Then, draw a school appropriate
picture for each vocabulary word.
WORD
1. Sexual reproduction

DEFINITION

2. DNA (deoxyribonucleic

acid)

3. Genetics

4. Asexual Reproduction

5. Chromosomes

6. Cytokinesis

The study of heredity and the

variation of inherited characteristics.

PICTURE

7. Meiosis

8. Trait

A feature option of an organism

such as blue eyes, brown skin, or
butt fur.

9. Homozygous

Two matching alleles

10. P Generation

The parents

For example HH or hh

11. Punnett square

12. Heterozygous

Two different alleles

13. Recessive

Contribute to the phenotype only

when two copies of it are present.

14. Gene

15. Heredity

16. Probability

17. F1generation

The first offspring from a P

Generation (first born child)

For example Hh

18. Genotype (genes)

19. Dominant

20. Phenotype (physical

appearance)

21. Ratio

22. Pedigree

23. Carrier

An organism that can pass a

certain trait to their offspring

24. Codominance

Both of the alleles in a

heterozygous individual
contribute to the phenotype (Both
traits show)
Each allele in a heterozygous
individual influences the
phenotype (The two traits blend)

25. Incomplete Dominance

26. Allele