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| A unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the "proteins coded directly by genes"
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| A threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form... |
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| One of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome |
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| The genetic constitution of an individual organism |
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| The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment |
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| A mature haploid male or female germ cell that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote |
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| A mature haploid male or female germ cell that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote |
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| The Punnett square is a diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment. It is named after |
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| During meiosis, the two chromosomes of a pair are distributed randomly to the gametes, each gamete having an equal chance of receiving |
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| The exchange of genes between homologous chromosomes, resulting in a mixture of parental characteristics in offspring. |
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| Mendelian inheritance (or Mendelian genetics or Mendelism) is a set of primary tenets relating to the transmission of hereditary |
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| A type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each with half the chromosome number of the parent cell |
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| 1.The action or process of fertilizing an egg, female animal, or plant, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote |
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| A diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes; a fertilized ovum. |
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| Most important, powerful, or influential: "they are now in an even more dominant position in the market |
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Relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both...
Relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both... |
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| having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci; "these two fruit flies are homozygous for red eye color". |
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| The transmission of single-gene traits from generation to generation follows one of several basic patterns, depending on the location of... |
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| A gene on the X chromosome passed through a family, resulting in a specific trait or disease to be seen more commonly in males than |
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| The type of inheritance in which both heterozygotes and dominant homozygotes have the same phenotype.. |
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| Dominance in genetics is a non-linear relationship between different forms (alleles) of a gene and the resultant phenotype. A canonical... |
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| Dominance in genetics is a non-linear relationship between different forms (alleles) of a gene and the resultant phenotype. A canonical |
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