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for mrs.while's test ch5 about mendel
Question | Answer |
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heredity | passing of traits from parents to offspring |
alleles | diffrent forms of a trait, gene pairs |
mendel | an austrian monk who loved gardening started to figure out genetics in 1856 |
hybrids | a cross between two slightly diffrent traits of two parents |
genotype | genetic makeup of an organism |
phenotype | physical appearence of an organnism |
heterozygous | an organism with diffrent alleles |
how many genes control your skin colour | 3-6 |
polygenetic inheritance | accurs when a group of gene pairs work together to produce a trait |
Is WW possible in a cross between RW and RR | NO |
traits are determined by more than one gene | yes |