Genetics

Question 0

The modern study of genetics began in the 1860’s by a monk named _____ _____

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Gregor Mendel

Question 1

Genetics

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The study of heredity

Question 2

Mendel worked with ____ ____

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Pea plants

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Cross Fertilize

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The flower is pollinated by a different plant.

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Alleles

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Alternative forms of genes.

Ex: pod shapes, seed color

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Monohybrid

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An experiment that tracks 1 characteristic

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Homozygous

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I’d both alleles are the same

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Heterozygous

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If the alleles are different

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Dominant Allele

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When one allele masks another

Question 9

Recessive Allele

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The trait being masked

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Genotype

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An organisms genetic makeup

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Phenotype

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The way an organism looks

Question 12

Punnet Square

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A diagram that shows all possible outcomes of a genetic cross

Question 13

Mandel’s Principle of Segregation

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Every known individual contains a pair of alleles for each particular trait

Question 14

Incomplete Dominance

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Offspring are a blend of both Homo Dominant + Homo Recessive

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Multiple Alleles

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One trait has many possible alleles

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Nondisjunction

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When the chromosome pairs fail to separate + fall apart

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Addition

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A piece/whole chromosome is added

Question 18

Deletion

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A piece/whole chromosome is missing

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Polygenic Inheritance

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Occurs when one characteristic is controlled by two or more genes

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Inversion

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Rearrangement in which a segment of a chromosome is reversed end to end.

Question 21

Translocation

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Rearrangement of chromosomes