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Genetics
Mendelian Genetics
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Biology
10th Grade
11/23/2009

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Gametes
Definition
Sex cells
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Somatic cells
Definition
regular body cells
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Fertilization
Definition
combines male and female gametes to produce offspring
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cross-pollination
Definition
what mendel used to move the gametes of one plant to another plant.
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trait
Definition
characteristic
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Hybrid
Definition
offspring of different plants with traits that are crossed
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True-Breeding plants
Definition
if able to self pollinate, offspring would be identical.
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f1 generation
Definition
the hybrid offspring generation
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Allele
Definition
different forms of a gene
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recessive allele
Definition
the allele that is covered up by the other allele/trait.
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Gene
Definition
Chemical factors that determine traits.
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Principle of dominance
Definition
The states that some alleles are dominant, and some are recessive.
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Segregation
Definition
separation
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Probability
Definition
Likelyhood that an event will occur.
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Punnett Square
Definition
gene combinations result from a genetic cross in this diagram.
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factors
Definition
what mendel thought DNA was.
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f1 Generation
Definition
the hybrid offspring generation.
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