Topic 6 Vocab Flashcards
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What’s heredity?
characteristics passed on from the parent to offspring
What’s genetics?
the study of heredity
What’s a trait?
a specific characteristics of an individual
What’s genes?
factors passed from parent to offspring (ex: height, weight)
What’s alleles?
different forms of a gene (ex: tall, short)
What’s probability?
likelihood of an event to occur
What’s the P generation?
Original pair of plants in a cross (parents)
What’s the F1 generation?
offspring of the P cross
What’s the F2 generation?
offspring of the F1 cross
What’s principal dominance?
some alleles are dominant and others are recessive
What’s homozygous?
2 identical alleles for a gene (TT, tt)
What’s heterozygous?
2 different alleles for the same gene (Tt, Rr)
What’s phenotype?
physical traits
What’s genotype?
genetic makeup
What’s a punnett square?
box table diagram used to predict the outcome of a genetic cross
What’s the monohybrid cross?
single gene cross (4 boxes)
What’s the principal of independent assortment?
genes from different traits segregate independently from another during the formation of gametes
What’s the Dily hybrid cross?
2 different genes factor in a cross (16 boxes )
Whats the principal of segregation?
Each inherited trait has 2 Alleles- 1 from each parent
