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Mrs. Yust/ Genetics

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somatic cell   any cell other than a germ cell  
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gamete   a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism  
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homologous chromosome   one of a pair of chromosomes that match up at meiosis and are identical in morphology and arrangement; a chromosome with the same gene sequence as another, each derived from one parent  
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autosome   any chromosome other than a sex chromosome  
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sex chromosome   Either of a pair of chromosomes, usually designated X or Y, that combine to determine the sex and sex-linked characteristics of an individual, with XX resulting in a female and XY in a male  
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sexual reproduction   reproduction involving the union of gametes  
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fertilization   The union of male and female gametes to form a zygote  
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diploid   an organism or cell having double the basic number of chromosomes  
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haploid   an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes.  
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meiosis   part of the process of gamete formation, consisting of chromosome conjugation and two cell divisions, in the course of which the diploid chromosome number becomes reduced to the haploid  
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germ cell   the sexual reproductive cell at any stage from the primordial cell to the mature gamete.  
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gametogenesis   the development of gametes  
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sperm   a male reproductive cell  
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egg   a female reproductive cell  
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polar bodies   one of the minute cells arising from the unequal meiotic divisions of the ovum at or near the time of fertilization  
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crossing over also called synapsis   the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis  
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tetrads   a group of four chromatids formed by synapsis at the beginning of meiosis  
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flagellum   a long, lashlike appendage serving as an organ of locomotion in protozoa, sperm cells, etc  
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Mendel   Moravian (monk) botanist who determined, through experiments with garden peas, the laws of heredity that later became the foundation for the science of genetics  
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trait   a distinguishing characteristic or quality  
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genetics   Study of heredity  
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genes   the basic physical unit of heredity  
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purebred   all of whose ancestors derive over many generations from homozygous traits  
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self-pollination   the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the same flower, another flower on the same plant, or the flower of a plant of the same clone  
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cross   a mixing of breeds  
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P generation   parental plants  
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F1 generation   hybrid offspring  
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F2 generation   next generation of plants  
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masked   Ont trait hides the other  
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ratio   A relationship between numbers  
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law of segregation   during the production of gametes the two copies of each hereditary factor segregate so that offspring acquire one factor from each parent  
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locus   specific locations of genes along the chromosome  
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allele   alternative forms of genes  
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homozygous   pair of identical alleles for a characteristic  
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heterozygous   two different alleles for a characteristic  
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human genome project   the production of gametes the two copies of each hereditary factor segregate so that offspring acquire one factor from each parent  
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genome   a full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable traits of an organ  
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genotype   genetic makeup  
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phenotype   physical traits  
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dominant   the allele that is fully expressed  
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homozygous dominant   pair of identical dominant alleles for a characteristic  
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homozygous recessive   pair of identical recessive alleles for a characteristic  
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recessive   the allele that has no noticeable effect on the organism's appearance  
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Punnett Square   a type of grid used to show the gametes of each parent and their possible offspring; a type of grid that can indicate all the possible outcomes of a genetic cross  
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monohybrid cross   A cross with only one characteristic  
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testcross   a mating between an individual of unknown genotype and a homozygous recessive individual.  
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dihybrid cross   A cross with two characteristics  
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simple dominance   One trait completely masks the other  
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Incomplete dominance   hybrids have an appearance in between the phenotypes of the two parental varieties  
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law of independent assortment   each pair of alleles segregates independently during gamete formation.  
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probability   the relative frequency with which an event occurs or is likely to occur  
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genetic linkage   genes that are located close together on the same chromosome.  
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