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Bio Chapter 14
Flashcards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Character | A heritable feature that varies among individuals (such as flower color) |
| Trait | Each variant for a character (such as purple or white color for flowers) |
| Allele | Alternative versions of a gene that account for variations in inherited characters |
| True-breeding | Referring to plants that produce offspring of the same variety when they self-pollinate |
| Hybridization | Mating, or crossing of two true-breeding varieties |
| P Generation (parental generation) | True-breeding parents |
| F1 Generation (first filial generation) | Hybrid offspring of true-breeding parents |
| F2 Generation (second filial generation) | Offspring of F1 hybrids self-pollinating |
| Locus | A specific place along the length of a chromosome where a given gene is located |
| Genotype | The genetic makeup, or set of alleles, of an organism |
| Phenotype | The physical and physiological traits of an organism, which are determined by its genetic makeup |