Inheritance Flashcards
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Blending hypothesis
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Offspring traits would be a combination of the expressed trait of the parents
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Allele
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A form of a gene
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Co dominance
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Heterozygous expresses both traits
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Epistasis
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One allele hides effect of the other allele.
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Polygenic inheritance
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When two or more different genes affect a single trait
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Intermediate inheritance
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When blending occurs
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Gene locus
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Area on chromosome where gene is
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Law of independent assortment
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It states that genes for different traits can segregate independently during the formation of gametes
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Law of dominance
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It states that some alleles are dominant and some are recessive.
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Law of segregation
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It states that alleles separate during meiosis
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Hybridization
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Crossing dissimilar individuals to bring together the best traits of both organisms
