Heredity Flashcards
(27 cards)
Fertilization
The process of two haploid cells combining to create a new organism
Genetics
The term genetics refers to human heredity and DNA
True breeding
Breeding to keep a specific trait
Trait
A characteristic of a organism
Hybrid
A combination
Gene
A specific part if DNA
Allele
Ab or the outcome
Segregation
The separating if cells
Gamete
A sex cell
Probability
The chance that something will occur
Puttnet square
Formula to determine inheritance
Homozygous
BB
Heterozygous
Bb
Phenotype
The outside trait
Genotype
Aa AA aa
Independent assortment
When traits are independently classified
Incomplete dominance
When to traits blend together
Co dominance
When both traits are seen
Multiple alleles
AaBb
Polygenic traits
Traits that go together
Homologous
The same outside appearance
Diploid
A type of cell that is two
Haploid
Type of cell that is half of a diploid cell
Meiosis
Produces four haploid cells