Heredity Flashcards

(27 cards)

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Fertilization

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The process of two haploid cells combining to create a new organism

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Genetics

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The term genetics refers to human heredity and DNA

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True breeding

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Breeding to keep a specific trait

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Trait

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A characteristic of a organism

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Hybrid

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A combination

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Gene

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A specific part if DNA

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Allele

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Ab or the outcome

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Segregation

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The separating if cells

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Gamete

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A sex cell

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Probability

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The chance that something will occur

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Puttnet square

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Formula to determine inheritance

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Homozygous

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BB

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Heterozygous

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Bb

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Phenotype

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The outside trait

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Genotype

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Aa AA aa

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Independent assortment

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When traits are independently classified

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Incomplete dominance

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When to traits blend together

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Co dominance

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When both traits are seen

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Multiple alleles

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Polygenic traits

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Traits that go together

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Homologous

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The same outside appearance

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Diploid

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A type of cell that is two

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Haploid

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Type of cell that is half of a diploid cell

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Meiosis

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Produces four haploid cells

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Tetrad
A group of three traits
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Crossing over
When to chromosomes rub off on each other
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Gene map
A map of all human genes.