Vocab flipped

Question 1

Mendelian principal explaining that because each plant has two different alleles, it can produce two different types of gametes. During fertilization, male and female gametes randomly pair to produce four combinations of alleles

Answer 1

Law of segregation

Question 2

when there are two different alleles for a trait

Answer 2

heterozygous

Question 3

characteristic that is inherited; can be either dominant or recessive

Answer 3

trait

Question 4

transfer of male pollen grains to the pistil of a flower

Answer 4

pollination

Question 5

alternative forms of a gene for each variation of a trait of an organism

Answer 5

Allele

Question 6

passing on of characteristics from parents to offspring

Answer 6

heredity

Question 7

major source of genetic variation among organisms caused by re-assortment or crossing over during meiosis

Answer 7

Genetic recombination

Question 8

fusion of male and female gametes

Answer 8

fertilization

Question 9

offspring formed by parents having different forms of a specific trait.

Answer 9

hybrid

Question 10

when there are two identical alleles for a trait

Answer 10

homozygous

Question 11

combination of genes in an organism

Answer 11

genotype

Question 12

Mendelian principal stating that genes for different traits are inherited independently of each other.

Answer 12

Law of Independent Assortment

Question 13

pattern of reproduction that involves the production of subsequent fusion of haploid cells.

Answer 13

sexual reproduction

Question 14

failure of homologous chromosomes to separate properly during meiosis; results in gametes with too many or too few chromosomes

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nondisjunction

Question 15

trait of an organism that can be masked by the dominant form of a trait

Answer 15

recessive

Question 16

outward appearance of an organism, regardless of its genes.

Answer 16

phenotype