Keystone Biology Course
Vocabulary- Heredity
Pick ten of the following vocab words that are the most challenging to you. You can use
various resources (Biology book, internet, class notes, etc) to complete a Frayer Model
worksheet for EACH vocab word that you choose. You will be expected to share your work
with the class and they will be turned in for a grade.
1. agriculture
21. Gogi apparatus
2. biotechnology
22. endoplasmic reticulum
3. cloning
23. genotype
4. forensics
24. phenotype
5. gene recombination
25. deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
6. gene splicing
26. chromosomes
7. gene therapy
27. crossing-over
8. genetic engineering
28. DNA replication
9. genetically modified organism
29. nondisjunction
10. protein synthesis
30. translocation
11. transcription
31. allele
12. gene
32. inheritance
13. gene expression
33. nucleic acid
14. chromosomal mutation
34. co-dominance
15. mutation
35. dominant inheritance
16. point mutation
36. genetics incomplete
17. frame-shift mutation
37. multiple alleles
18. nucleus
38. polygenic
19. ribosome
39. recessive inheritance
20. translation
40. sex-linked trait