Genetic Vocabulary 🧬 Flashcards
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A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross
Punnet Square
A process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as a parent of the next generation
Selective Breeding
A condition in which both alleles for a gene are fully expressed
Codominance
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
Natural Selection
A diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic trait in several generations of a family
Pedigree
Different form of a gene
Alleles
A display of the chromosome pairs of a cell arranged by size and shape
Karyotype
BB & bb
Homozygous
Bb
Heterozygous
bb
Homozygous recessive
Male part of flower
Stamen
Female part of flower
Pistil
A change in the allele frequency of a population as a result of a chance events rather than natural selection
Genetic Drift
Cross or mating between organisms involving two pairs of contrasting traits
Dihybrid Cross
Absence of pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes
Albinism
A, B, AB, O
Blood Types 🩸
Threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain genes
Chromosomes 🧬
Shape of DNA
Double Helix
A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait
Gene
An organisms genetic makeup, or allele combinations
Genotype
A part of the cell containing DNA
Nucleus
Product of reproduction, a new organism produces by one or more parent
Offspring
An organism’s physical appearance or visible traits
Phenotype
Traits controlled by gene located on sex chromosomes
Sex-linked traits
