chapter 3 terms

Question 1

independent assortment

Answer 1

unlinked or distantly linked segregating gene pairs assort independently at meiosis

Question 2

dihybrid

Answer 2

an individual heterozygous at two genes (A/a.B/b)

Question 3

dihybrid cross

Answer 3

a cross between two individuals indentically heterozygous at two gene pairs (A/a.B/b x A/a.B/b)

Question 4

chi-square test

Answer 4

a statistical test used to determine the probability of obtaining observed proportions by chance, under a specific hypothesis

Question 5

null hypothesis

Answer 5

a hypothesis that proposes no difference between two or more data sets

Question 6

recombination

Answer 6

the process that generates a haploid product of meiosis whose genotype is different from either of the two haploid genotypes that consitituted the meiotic diploid

Question 7

recombinant gamete

Answer 7

any gamete with a genotype that differs from the genotypes of the two haploid parents that fused to form the diploid meiocyte

Question 8

parental gamete

Answer 8

any gamete with a genotype identical to one of the haploid parents that fused to form the diploid meiocyte

Question 9

maternal inheritance

Answer 9

a type of uniparnetal inheritance in which all the progeny have the genotype and phenotype of the parent acting as the female