Genetics Vocabulary Term Definition Process by which cells make proteins Building blocks of proteins Building blocks of nucleic acids Trait displayed from a gene Diagram used to identify genotypes and phenotypes of offspring Sex cells Body cells A variety of a gene The expressed allele e expressed allele when no dominant allele is present Cell division where DNA is replicated Two different alleles Gene composition ell division where gametes are produced acids The study of heredity the number of chromosomes sex cells change in a gene or chromosome osome al reproduction gerprinting Protein amino acid leotide nuc Definition Synthess Production of offspring by a single parent Two parent cells join to form a new individual phenotype punnett Square heterozygout DNA DNA replication Diploid Dominant Double helix Gametes Gene Genetic engineering Directions Match the term from the word bank to the appropriate definition Write the term in the space provided Term DNA to RNA Characteristics of an organism such as eye color Deoxyribonucleic acid corries genetic information The shape of DNA like a twisted ladder The transfer of The process by which DNA copies itself genes or pieces of DNA from one organism to another A tool that compares DNA images to determine relationships Compacted DNA A section of a chromosome that codes for a trait Ribonucleic acid temporary copy of DNA used to make proteins A group of 3 nitrogenous bases used as a code for an amino acid RNA to an amino acid Genetics Genotype Haploid Two of the same alleles Heterozygous Homozygous Meiosis Mitosis asexual Sexual Complete number of chromosomes body cells A cell formed from a haploid sperm and ovum Crinnen from the South 2030 Mutation reproduction transcription Recessive reprodu Nucleotides Phenotype Protein synthesis Purnett square RNA Sex So Tr