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genetics
chapters 25
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Biology
10th Grade
06/04/2012

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Term
heredity
Definition
characteristics that are derived from ones ancestors
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genetics
Definition
study of hereditary information
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characteristic
Definition
a distinguishing trai, quality or property how the trait is expressed
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trait
Definition
distinguishing quality
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dominant
Definition
inherited characteristic that appears in the organism
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recessive
Definition
inherited characteristic that is often masked by the dominant characteristic
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genetic shortand
Definition
abbreviation of genetics
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domintant/recessive (3 genotypes, 2 phenotoypes)
Definition
BB Bb bb
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incomplete domincance ( 3 genotypes, 3 phenotypes)
Definition
japanese flower RR:RW:WW ---> red:pink:white
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codominant (3 genotypes, 3 phenotypes)
Definition
chickens (feathers) black:black w/ white: white
FbFb:FbFw:FwFw
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homozygous
Definition
having two identical alleles for a trait
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heterozygous
Definition
having two different alleles for a trait
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parent (p generation)
Definition
the starting generation of breeding experiment
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first filial (F1 generation)
Definition
first generation produce in a breeding experiment
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gene
Definition
distinc unit of hereditary information found on chromosomes
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allele
Definition
different forms of the gene for a trait
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gregor mendel
Definition
a munk who taught science at a highschool. he studied the traits of pea plants
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law of dominance
Definition
organisms pure for contrasting traits. all their offspring show the dominant trait
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law of segregation
Definition
organisms used meiosis and form zyggotes
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law of independent assortment
Definition
genes on non-homologous chromosomes are found on different locations are different from each other.
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punnett squares
Definition
prediction of possible offspring
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incomplete dominance
Definition
a blend.
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codominance
Definition
both alleles are being expressed for the codominant trait
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multiple alleles
Definition
3 or more alleles for a trait.
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