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Genetics

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A gene that has one recessive and one dominant allele   heterozygous  
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A gene that has two recessive alleles   homozygous recessive  
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A gene that has two dominant alleles   homozygous dominant  
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Genotype or phenotype: Gg?   genotype  
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Genotype of phenotype: brown hair   phenotype  
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Chromosome are made up of ____________.   genes  
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Genes are made up of ________________.   alleles  
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About how many years did Gregor Mendel experiment with pea plants?   ten  
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3 plants have purple flower and 1 plant has white flowers. What percentage of plants have white flowers?   25%  
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If a plant has the allele combination Tt, will it be tall or short? Capital T is the dominant trait.   Tall  
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an organism's physical appearance   phenotype  
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a chart that shows four possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross   Punnett square  
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the likelihood that a particular event will occur   probability  
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an organism's genetic makeup or allele combination   genotype  
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an organism that has two different alleles for a trait   heterozygous  
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an organism that has two of the same alleles for a trait   homozygous  
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Gregor Mendel did most of his genetic testing on   pea plants  
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another word for physical characteristics   traits  
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different forms of a gene   alleles  
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A dominant allele is represented by a _____________ letter   capital  
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A recessive allele is represented by a _______________ letter   lower  
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passing traits from parents to offpsring   genetics  
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organism resulting from sexual or asexual reproduction, such as a human child or new baby plant   offspring  
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characteristics of an organism, such as freckles, curly hair, and height   trait  
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changes in genetic information are called   mutations  
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creates reproductive cells such as sperm and eggs   meiosis  
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creates regular body cells   mitosis  
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Which process creates copies of cells that have half the number of chromosomes?   meiosis  
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Which process create exact copies of cells?   mitosis  
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Are all mutations bad?   no  
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