Chapter 3 Flashcards
(8 cards)
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heredity
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the passing of genitic traits from one parent to offspring
2
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dominate trait
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when parents that have differnt traits are bred
3
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recessive trait
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a trait that appears in the second generation
4
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Probibility
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the likely hood of a possible future event
5
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Homologous choromosomes
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chromosomes that have the same structure of genes
6
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mieosis
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the process of cell divition during wich the number of chromosomes decrease in half
7
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sex chromosomes
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one of the pair of chromosomes that determine the sex of an individual
8
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petigree
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a diagram that shows the occurrence of a certain reaint