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Monday, March 24. ch-5.1: Heredity

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Heredity   The passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring  
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Pollination   The transfer of pollen from the male reproductive structures to the female structures of seed plants.  
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Self-pollinating plants   Has both male and female structures, pollen from one flower can fertilize the ovule of the same flower or the ovule of another flower on the same plants. *Produces offspring exactly like parent plant.  
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Cross-pollination   Pollen from plant fertilizes the ovule of a flower on a different plant. Pollen can also be carried by the wind from one flower to another.  
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True-breeding   All of its offspring will have the same trait as the parent.  
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Characteristic   A feature that has different forms in population. Ex: Hair color, eye color.  
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Traits   The different forms (specific) characteristics. Ex: Red hair, brown hair  
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Dominant trait   The trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bred. *Express as a capital letter (B= brown eyes) *Trait that is observed in the first generation, at least one allele is inherited  
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Recessive trait   A trait that reappears in the 2nd generation after disappearing in the first generation when parents with different traits are bred. *Expressed as a lower case letter. It is apparent when 2 recessive alleles are inherited.  
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Ratio   A relationship between two different #'s that is often expressed as a fraction. (Can be expressed by :, a fraction, or using the word to.)  
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Probability   The likelihood that a possible future event will occur in any given instance of the event.  
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