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Chapter 11 Vocab Flashcards

1
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male and female reproductive cells join and form a new cell during sexual reproduction

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Fertilization

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2
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organisms produce offspring that is identical to themselves if able to self-pollinate

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True-breeding(self pollination, purebred)

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3
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certain characteristic that differs from each individual

Visible

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Trait

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4
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offering produced when parents that have different traits cross

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Hybrid

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5
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sequence of DNA that codes for a trait

Factors that control traits

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Gene

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6
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one form of many different forms of a gene

Different forms of a gene

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Allele

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7
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alleles separate during the formation of gametes

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Segregation

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8
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cell involved in sexual reproduction

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Gamete

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9
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how likely a particular event is to occur

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Probability

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10
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chart that shows gene combinations that could possibly result from a genetic cross

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Punnett square

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11
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organism that has the same two alleles for the same trait

Both alleles are the same

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Homozygous

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12
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organism that has two different alleles for the same trait

Two alleles are different

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Heterozygous

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13
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physical characteristics of an organism

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Phenotype

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14
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genetic make up of an organism

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Genotype

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15
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genes separate independently during the formation of gametes

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Independent assortment

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16
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one allele is not dominant over another
(3 possibilities, and it makes a mixed color)
4 o'clock 
Hair texture 
Squash
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Incomplete dominance

17
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both alleles in a gene have input towards an organism’s phenotype
(Black and white speckled chicken) ernemite chicken
AB blood type

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Co-dominance

18
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when there are three or more alleles for the same gene
3 or more forms of a gene
Brown, blonde, red

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Multiple alleles

19
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trait that is controlled by at least 2 genes
Interaction of several genes
Shades of eye color, hair color

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Polygenic

20
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chromosomes that each have a corresponding chromosome opposite gender parent

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Homologous

21
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a cell that contains both sets of homologous chromosomes

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Diploid

22
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cell that only contains a single set of chromosomes and genes

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Haploid

23
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process where the number of chromosomes is cut in half by separating homologous chromosomes in diploid cells

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Meiosis

24
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structure that has 4 chromatids during meiosis

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Tetrad

25
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process where homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids during meiosis

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Crossing over

26
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diagram that shows the relative location of each known gene on a certain chromosome

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Gene map

27
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Study of heredity

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Genetics

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