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Genetic Vocabulary 🧬 Flashcards

(26 cards)

1
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A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross

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Punnet Square

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A process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as a parent of the next generation

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Selective Breeding

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A condition in which both alleles for a gene are fully expressed

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Codominance

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A process in which individuals that have a certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits

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Natural Selection

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5
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A diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic trait in several generations of a family

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Pedigree

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6
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Different form of a gene

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Alleles

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7
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A display of the chromosome pairs of a cell arranged by size and shape

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Karyotype

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8
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BB & bb

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Homozygous

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9
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Bb

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Heterozygous

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10
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bb

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Homozygous recessive

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11
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Male part of flower

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Stamen

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12
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Female part of flower

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Pistil

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13
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A change in the allele frequency of a population as a result of a chance events rather than natural selection

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Genetic Drift

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14
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Cross or mating between organisms involving two pairs of contrasting traits

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Dihybrid Cross

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15
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Absence of pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes

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Albinism

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16
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A, B, AB, O

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Blood Types 🩸

17
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Threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain genes

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Chromosomes 🧬

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Shape of DNA

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A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait

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An organisms genetic makeup, or allele combinations

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A part of the cell containing DNA

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Product of reproduction, a new organism produces by one or more parent

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An organism’s physical appearance or visible traits

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Traits controlled by gene located on sex chromosomes

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Sex-linked traits

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Characteristics that are inherited
Traits
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Any difference between individuals of the same species
Variation