4.3 Theoretical Genetics Flashcards
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Phenotype
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Physical characteristics (A=tall, a=short)
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Genotype
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Genes that you inherit from your parents
AA, Aa, aa
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AA
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Homozygous dominant
3
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aa
A
Homozygous recessive
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Aa
A
Heterozygous
5
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Codominance
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A pair of alleles that both affect the phenotype when present in heteozyous.
6
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Multiple alleles
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Some genes have more than two alleles associated by them.
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Locus
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Position of a gene on homologous chromosome
