Genetics Flashcards
1
Q
Phenotype
A
physical appearance
1
Q
Genotype
A
genetic code
2
Q
Gene
A
trait
3
Q
Allele
A
trait variation
4
Q
Hereditary
A
parent to offspring
5
Q
Mendel
A
father of genetics
6
Q
The Law of Segregation
A
each inherited trait comes in pairs (diploid to haploid)
7
Q
Law of Dominance
A
an organism with alternate forms of a gene will express dominance
8
Q
The law of Independent Assortment
A
different traits are sorted from each other
9
Q
Zygote
A
produced by fertilization (inside punnet square)
10
Q
monohybrid
A
4 punnet squares
11
Q
dihybrid
A
16 punnet squares
12
Q
Incomplete dominace
A
neither allele is dominate so there is a mixed blend
13
Q
Codominace
A
when both alleles are present do they both show up sepratly
14
Q
Allele
A
letter in punnet
