11.1/11.2 Vocab Flashcards by David Heiser Jr

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characteristic determined by its gene/protein

A

trait

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study of heridity/inheitance

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genetics

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sperm fusing with an egg to create a zygote

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fertilization

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zygote contains __ alleles from parents

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2

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heterozygous individual

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hybrid

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portion of DNA that makes/determines a trait

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gene

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copy of a gene

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allele

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father of genetics, discovered how genes work

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gregor mandel

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more common allele, capital letter

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dominant

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less common allele, lower case letter

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recessive

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2 same alleles, pure bred

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homozygous

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2 different alleles, hybrid

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heterozygous

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used to show parent’s potential offspring

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punnett squares

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physical description of the genotype

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phenotype

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allele combination

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genotype

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cross between homozygous recessive/dominant parent to determine whether dominant parent is homo/hetero

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testcross

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2 alleles from a parent separate to offspring

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principle of segregation

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2 alleles

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principle of independent assortment