| Question |
Answer |
| allele |
VARIATION OF GENE |
| crossing over |
EXCHANGE OF GENETIC MATERIAL BY NON-HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOMES DURING PROPHASE I |
| dihybrid cross |
FERTILIZATION BETWEEN TWO ORGANIZATIONS TO STUDY TWO DIFFERENT TRAITS. |
| diploid |
A CELL WITH TWO COPIES OF EACH TYPE OF CHROMOSOME. |
| dominant |
THE OBSERVABLE TRAIT OR THE ONE THAT MASKS THE RECESSIVE. |
| egg |
FEMALE GAMETE OR SEX CELL |
| fertilization |
FUSION OF MALE AND FEMALE GAMETES. |
| gamete |
MALE OR FEMALE SEX CELL |
| genetic recombination |
MAJOR SOURCE OF VARIATION IN INDIVIDUALS COMING FROM CROSSING OVER. |
| genetics |
STUDY OF HEREDITY |
| genotype |
ORGANISM’S GENETIC COMBINATION |
| haploid |
CELL OF AN ORGANISM THAT HAS HALF THE NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES |
| heredity |
PASSING ON CHARACTERISTICS FROM PARENTS TO OFFSPING. |
| heterozygous |
HAVING NON-IDENTICAL ALLELES FOR A PARTICULAR TRAIT. |
| homologous |
PAIRED IDENTICAL CHROMOSOMES |
| homozygous |
IDENTICAL ALLELES FOR A PARTICULAR TRAIT |
| Law of Independent Assortment |
DIFFERENT TRAITS ARE INHERITED INDEPENDENTLY |
| Law of Segregation |
SEPARATION OF ALLELES DURING FERTILIZATION |
| meiosis |
CELL DIVISION IN WHICH ONE DIPLOID (2N) CELL PRODUCES 4 HAPLOID CELLS(N) WHICH ARE NOT IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL CELL |
| phenotype |
OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF AN ORGANISM |
| pollination |
FERTILIZATION BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE FLOWERS |
| recessive |
THE ALLELE THAT IS MASKED BY THE DOMINANT TRAIT |
| sexual reproduction |
THE CROSSING OF THE MALE AND FEMALE GAMETES |
| sperm |
THE MALE GAMETE |
| trait |
A CHARACTERISTIC |
| zygote |
THE PRODUCT OR OFFSPRING FROM A FERTILIZATION. |
