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A trait is a specific characteristic that varies from one individual to another. |
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Gregor Mendel concluded that the tall plants in the P generation passed the factor for tallness to the F1 generation. |
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An organism with a dominant allele for a particular form of a trait will sometimes exhibit that trait. |
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will always exhibit that trait |
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True-breeding plants that produced axial flowers were crossed with true-breeding plants that produced terminal flowers. The resulting offspring produced terminal flowers because the allele for terminal flowers is recessive. |
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allele for terminal flowers is dominant |
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When alleles segregate from each other, they join. |
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If the alleles for a trait did not segregate during formation, offspring would always show the trait of at least one of the parents. |
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The principals of can explain the numerical results of Mendel's experiments |
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Of an organism has 16 chromosomes in each of its egg cells, the organisms diploid number is 32. |
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If an organism is heterozygous for a particular gene, the two different alleles will be separated during anaphase II of meiosis, assuming that no crossing-over has occurred. |
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Mitosis results in two cells, whereas meiosis results in one cell. |
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meiosis results in four cells |
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If an organism has four linkage groups, it has eight chromosomes. |
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it has four chromosomes |
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Genes in the same linkage group are usually inherited separately. |
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| The different forms of a gene are called ______. |
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| If the allele for shortness in pea plants were dominant, all the pea plants in Mendel's F1 generation would have been ______. |
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| _____________ is the likelihood that something will happen. |
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| An organisms gametes have ________ the chromosomes found in the organism's body cells. |
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| Crossing-over occurs during the stage of meiosis called _________. |
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| The relative locations of each known gene can be shown on a _________. |
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| meaning each of the 4 chromosomes from the male parent has a corresponding chromosome from the female parent. |
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| meaning each of the 4 chromosomes from the male parent has a corresponding chromosome from the female parent. |
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| genes with more than two alleles have ____ |
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| genes with more than two alleles have ____ |
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| traits controlled by two or more genes |
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| traits controlled by two or more genes |
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| both alleles contribute to the phenotype |
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| both alleles contribute to the phenotype |
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| the heterozygous phenotype is somewhere in between the two homozygous phenotype |
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| the heterozygous phenotype is somewhere in between the two homozygous phenotype |
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| two identical alleles for the a particular trait --- TT, tt |
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| two identical alleles for the a particular trait --- TT, tt |
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| two different alleles for the same trait |
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| two different alleles for the same trait |
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| different forms of a gene |
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| different forms of a gene |
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| the offspring of crosses between parents with different traits |
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| the offspring of crosses between parents with different traits |
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| if allowed to self-pollinate they would produce offspring identical to themselves |
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| if allowed to self-pollinate they would produce offspring identical to themselves |
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| produces a new cell, which develops into a tiny embryo |
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| produces a new cell, which develops into a tiny embryo |
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| important figure in understanding biological inheritance. spent more than 20 years experimenting with pea plants to learn about traits, genes, and alleles. |
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| important figure in understanding biological inheritance. spent more than 20 years experimenting with pea plants to learn about traits, genes, and alleles. |
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