Hereditary Flashcards
1
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Passing of genetic information from parent to offspring
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Hereditary
2
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Pieces of DNA that gives instructions for characteristics
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Genes
3
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Different versions of the same gene, one mom, one dad
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Alleles
4
Q
Alleles from your parents
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Genotype
5
Q
The observable trait
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Phenotype
6
Q
All that is expressed when present
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Dominant
7
Q
Allele that is expressed only when two copies are present
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Recessive
8
Q
Alleles blend together
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Incomplete dominance
9
Q
Both alleles are expressed together
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Codomanance
10
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Both alleles are the same
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Homozygous
11
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Both alleles are different
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Heterozygous
