Monday, January 4, 2010

Basic Genetics



After exploring the website and learning about heredity and traits, I discovered two aspects that I didn't know before. For example, the first part of heredity that I learned was how genes and traits contribute to each other. For instance, I didn't know that our genes are the instructions that define our traits. Every person has thousands of genes inside them. Genes are in our chromosomes and they are made of our DNA. In addition, I learned that depending on our environment, you can change your traits. Such as, genes specify a certain hair color but with exposure to certain chemicals and sunlight you may change that color. Overall, this is not the only thing I learned from touring the basics.

Another vital part of traits I learned was how to define them. Before I started the lesson I had a brief thought about what they were but as a result of the website, I can now define the word with ease. For example, a trait is something that determines a feature or quality in a person. Also, each of us has a different combination of these traits which make up the person we are. Furthermore, I really grasped the concept of traits being passed on from generation to generation. We take traits from our parents and then pass them down to our offspring who then inherent them as well. In conclusion, this is all I learned from analyzing this website.

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