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| the different form of a gene. y and Y are different alleles of a gene that determines seed color. |
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| a trait expressed preferentially over another trait. |
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| offspring of a cross between true breeding plants, homozygous for the trait of intrest. |
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| offspring of a cross involving the F1 generation. |
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| the genetic constitution of an organism with respect to a trait. Yellow seeds are dominate, but yellow sedded plants could have a genotype of either YY of Ty. |
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| different alleles for a trait in an individual . such as Yy. |
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| both alleles for a trait are the same in an individual. YY yy. |
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| heterozygous; usually reffering to the offspring of two true-breeding individualls differing in the traits of interest. |
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| cross involving parents differing in only one trait. |
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| change in the DNA sequence of a gene to some new , heritable form. |
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| the physical appearence of an organism with respect to a trait. |
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| the opposite of dominate. |
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| a gene coded on a sex chromosome, such as the x-chromosome linked genes of flies and man. |
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