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Genetic Terms Flashcards

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Tetrads

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2 homologous pairs joined together (4 chromatids, 2 centromeres)

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Crossing Over

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Chromosomes of the same type are lined up in Meiosis

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Independent Assortment

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The alleles of two (or more) different genes get sorted into gametes
independently of one another.

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Nondisjunction

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The failing of homologous chromosome or sister chromatids to separate
correctly in cell division.

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Haploid Chromosome Number

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The chromosome number of the gametes of a given species (every breed of a species has the same) Half the species diploid number

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Diploid Chromosome Number

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The chromosome number of somatic cells of a given species (every breed of a species has the same) is Twice the species haploid number.

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Twisted Double Helix

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Term used to describe DNA. The top and bottom are twisted in different directions

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James Watson and Frances Crick

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Scientists that discovered the Twisted Double Helix

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Sugar-phosphate backbone

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Forms the structural framework of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA

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Nucleotides that comprise DNA

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Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine

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Nucleotide base-pairing in DNA

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A and T and G and C

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Genotype

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The letter combination that shows which alleles are present in a
organism

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Phenotype

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The actual appearance of an expressed trait.

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Dominant

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The gene that codes for a trait that is visible or always expressed

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Recessive

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The gene that codes for a trait that’s invisible or expressed only when
2 recessive alleles are present.

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Allele

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Variation of the same sequence of nucleotides at the same place on a
long DNA molecule

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Homozygous

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A genotype showing 2 identical alleles, AA or aa

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Heterozygous

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A genotype showing 2 different alleles, Aa

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Punnett Square

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A square diagram to predict the genotypes of a particular cross
breeding

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Pure-bred

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Not mixed types in the breeding, the offspring is the same as both parents

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Hybrid

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Off spring of 2 animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds or
varieties

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Heredity

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Traits passed down from parents to there offspring

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Probability

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A calculated chance of something occurring or not occurring.

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Gametes in plants

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Male gametes are in the tiny pollen grains on the anthers of the flower.
Female gametes are found in the ovules of the flower.

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Gametes in animals

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Female gametes are egg cells and male gametes are called sperm

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Meiosis

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Does PMAT twice and only for gametes (Sex cells). Ends with 4 different genetically cells

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Mitosis

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Does PMAT once and only for somatic cells (Body cells). Ends with 2 identical daughter cells.

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Budding

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Asexual reproduction in which new organisms develops from an
outgrowth or bud due to cell division happening once (Mitosis)

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Tubers

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Large structure in plants used as storage organs in plants to store nutrients

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Runners

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A side stem that grows horizontally along the ground, giving rise to the
roots

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Plantlets

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A very small or young plant.

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Cuttings

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A plant section from the stem, leaf or root and is able of developing a
new plant

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Fragmentation

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Organism divided into minor fragments.

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Regeneration

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Regrowing either a damaged or removed body part in certain animals

35
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Binary Fission

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Separation of Bacteria into 2 new bodies.

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Internal fertilization

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Union of a egg and sperm during sexual reproduction inside the females
body

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External fertilization

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Union of a egg and sperm during sexual reproduction outside the females body

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