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What were the experiments of
Gregor Johann Mendel |
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Definition
Shows parents pass heritable
factors (genes) to offspring through peas |
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| What is the equivalent to sperm and eggs in a flower |
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sperm = stamens
eggs = carpel |
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| What is a monohybrid cross |
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Definition
| inheritance of a single characteristics |
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| What is a homozygous genotype |
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Definition
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| what is a heterozygous genotype |
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Definition
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| Give an example of a dihybrid cross |
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Definition
ie: round yellow seeds x
wrinkled green seeds
observe there are two alleles tracked |
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| Mendels laws reflect what two rules of probability |
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Definition
rule of multiplication
rule of addition |
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Definition
| can be used to track genetic traits |
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Term
What are some ways you can
obtain a genetic test for a unborn child |
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Amniocentesis - obtain amniotic fluid
via needle inserted through abdomen
Chorionic villus sampling - suctioning
out fetal cells |
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Term
| What is incomplete dominance |
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Definition
| Neither allele is dominant over the other |
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Term
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AB - universal acceptor - donates to AB
A - Accept all but B, donate to A+AB
B - Accept all but A, donate to B+AB
O - universal donor, accept only o. |
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| What is polygenic inheritance |
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Definition
Many genes influence one trait
ie: skin color affected by at least 3 genes |
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| How can you create new combination of alleles |
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Definition
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Definition
a specific site of a particular gene
on its chromosome |
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| a single gene having multiple effects |
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