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Definitions of Genetic words i don't yet know

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Karyotype   The number and visual apppearance of the chromosones in cell nuclei of an organism or species.  
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Amino Acid   A simple organic compound containing both a carboxyl and an amino group.  
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Genotype   The genetic consumption of an individual organism.  
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Phenotype   The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.  
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Mitosis   A type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosones as the parent nucleus.  
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Meiosis   A type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosones of the parent cell.  
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Dominant   A gene that is just one that is more likely and able to present itself than a recessive gene  
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Recessive   The opposite of dominant  
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Co-Dormant   Relating to two alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote that are both fully expressed.  
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Incompletely dominant   is a type of inheritance in which one allele for a specific trait is not completely dominant over the other allele.  
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Mandelian ratios   the ratio of occurance of various phenotypes in any cross involving mendelian characters.  
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Monohybrid cross   is the study of the inheritance of one characteristic.  
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Polygenic inheritance   occurs when one characteristic is controlled by two or more genes.  
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Autosomal   Autosomal is a chromosone that is not an allosone.  
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