Pedigree/vocab Flashcards
1
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Trait
A
A characteristic that an organism has that is inherited from their parents.
2
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Allele
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a letter used to represent a trait. ex: A or a
3
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Dominant Allele
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shows over the recessive allele Aa, capital letter
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Recessive allele
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Does not show over the dominant allele. It is masked. Only will show “aa”
5
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Genotype
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Combination of alleles inherited from your parents ex: AA, Aa, aa
6
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Autosomal traits
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Genes located on chromosomes pairs 1-22
7
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Sex-linked traits
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-Genes located on the sex chromosomes x or y #23 -Inherited differently between boys and girls -Sex-Linked dominant or recessive
