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Genetics/Meiosis
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Biology
9th Grade
06/05/2013

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Trait
Definition
A genetically determined characteristics or condition
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Genetics
Definition
The branch of biology that studies heredity.
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Fertilization
Definition
The male gamete unites with the female gamete
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Pollination
Definition
The transfer of pollen grains from a male reproductive organ in a plant
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Hybird
Definition
The offspring of parents that have different forms of a trait, such as tall and short heights
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Allele
Definition
These are gene and they are located on the chromosomes
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Dominant
Definition
observed trait of an organism that makes the recessive form of a trait.
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Dominant
Definition
commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others
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Recessive
Definition
Going back
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Phenotype
Definition
an organism's expressed physical traits
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Genotype
Definition
the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
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Pedigree
Definition
a genealogical table, chart, list, or record
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Homozygous
Definition
having identical alleles for a single trait.
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Heterozygous
Definition
having two different alleles for a single trait.
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Meiosis
Definition
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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Sexual Reproduction
Definition
Individual organisms come and go, but, to a certain extent, organisms transcend time through producing offspring
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Fetus
Definition
an unborn or unhatched vertebrate especially after attaining the basic structural plan of its kind
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Carrier
Definition
A person or object that transports or conveys.
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multiple allele
Definition
Any of a set of three or more alleles, or alternative states of a gene, only two of which can be present in a diploid organism.
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Incomplete dominance
Definition
a form of intermediate inheritance in which one allele for a specific trait is not completely dominant over the other allele.
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