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| field of biology devoted to understanding how characteristics are passed from parents to offspring |
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| transmission of characteristics from parents to offspring |
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| variant of a characteristic |
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| occurs when pollen from anthers of one plant come in contact with the stigma of another plant |
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| when pollen from one plant comes in contact with a stigma on the same plant |
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| when pollen from one plant comes in contact with the stigma of another plant |
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| organisms that when bred always produce offspring with a certain trait |
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| true-breeding parents of Mendel's experiments |
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| offspring of the P generation |
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| offspring of the F1 generation |
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| word used to describe how one trait masks the other trait for the same characteristic |
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| name given to the trait that is masked |
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| states that pairs of factors separate during the formation of gametes |
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| law of independent assortment |
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| says that the separation of factors is random |
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| study of the structure and function of genes |
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| alternative forms of a gene |
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| an organism's genetic make up or its allele combination |
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| the organism's physical appearance due to its genotype |
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| when both alleles in a genotype are the same |
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| an organism that has one dominant allele and one recessive allele |
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| the likelihood that a specific event will occur |
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| cross in which one characteristic is tracked |
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| a diagram using in predicting the probability of certain traits being inherited by offspring |
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| the ratio of genotypes that appear in offspring |
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| ratio of the offsprings physical appearance |
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| when an individual with an unknown genotype is crossed with a homozygous recessive individual |
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| when one allele is completely dominant over another |
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| when heterozygous individuals have an intermediate phenotype. |
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| when both alleles are expressed equally |
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| a cross in which two characteristics are tracked |
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