| A | B |
|---|
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid - the code of life for all organisms |
| A | Adenine |
| G | Guanine |
| T | Thymine |
| C | Cytosine |
| Deoxyribose | The sugar found in DNA |
| Phosphate | The molecule found in the sides of the DNA ladder in between the bases |
| Rosalind Franklin | The scientist who took the first pictures of DNA with x-ray photography |
| Watson and Crick | The scientists who built the first model of DNA in 1953 |
| Heredity | The study of the passing of traits from parent to offspring |
| Genotype | The genetic material in an organism |
| Phenotype | The physical appearance of an organism |
| Heterozygous | When an organism has 2 different alleles for a trait |
| Homozygous | When an organism has 2 of the same alleles for a trait |
| Dominant | An allele that shows us more in a population and covers up the lesser allele |
| Recessive | The allele that gets covered up by the stronger allele |
