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genetics
JCohen
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Science
7th Grade
02/10/2010

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Term
alleles
Definition
the different forms of a gene. Y and y are different alleles of a gene that determines seed color.
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dominant trait
Definition
a trait expressed preferentially over another trait
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F1 generation
Definition
offspring of a cross between breegous for the ding plants, homozy
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F2 generation
Definition
offspring of a cross involving the f1 generation
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genotype
Definition
the genetic constitution of an organism with respect to a trait.yellow seeds are dominant but yellow seeded plants could have a genotype of either YY or Yy
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heterozygous
Definition
differing alleles for trait in an individual such a Yy
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homozygous
Definition
both alles for a trait are the same in an individual. they can be homozygous dominant or homozygous recessive.
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hybrid
Definition
heterozygous usually referring to the offspring of 2truebreeding individuals differing in the traits of interset
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monohybrid cross
Definition
cross involving paents differing in only 1 trait
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mutation
Definition
ange in dna sequence of a gene to get to some new heritable form generally but now always a reccesive allele.
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phenotype
Definition
thephysical appearance of an organism with respect to a trait
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recessive trait
Definition
the opposite of dominant a trait that is usulally masked
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sex linked
Definition
a gene coded on a sex chromosome such as the x chromosome linked genes of flies and man
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