Genetics Flashcards
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Heterozygous
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Refers to the zygosity of an allele pair. In heterozygous alleles, they dont match. In a punnett square, this is represented as an Aa or an upper and lowercase letter.
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Homozygous
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Refers to zygosity of an allele pair. In homozygous alleles, this means they are the same. They can be either dominant or recessive, meaning both alleles describe a recessive or dominant gene. Written as two capital or two lowercase letters
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Allele
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an allele is a variance in the same spot on a segement, which refers to a change in gene experession.
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Genes
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A gene refers to a segment of DNA that can express a specific function within the body. Genes can transfer traits and can mutate, allowing for evolution
