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Bio Geneticss
Bio Genetics
| word | statment |
|---|---|
| genetics | the scientific study of heredity |
| fertilization | male(sperm) and female(egg cells) reproductive cells join |
| true-breeding | if they were able to self- pollinate, they would produce off-spring identical to themselves |
| trait | a specific characterisitic that varies from one individual to another |
| hybrids | the offspring of crosses between parents with different traits |
| genes | chemical factors that determine traits |
| allele | one of a number of different forms of a gene |
| segregation | separation of alleles during gamete formation |
| gamete | specialized cell involved in sexual reproduction |
| homologous | term used to chromosomes that each have a corresponding chromosome from the poopsite sex parnet |
| diploid | term used to refer to a cell that contains both sets of homologous chromosomes |
| haploid | term used to refer to a cell that comtains only a single set of chromosomes and therfore only a single set of genes |
| meiosis | process by which the number of chromosomes per cell is cut in half through the separation of homologous chromosomes in a diploid cell |
| tetrad | structure containing 4 chromaids that form during meiosis |
| crossing-over | process in which homologous chromosomes exchange protions of their chromatids during meiosis |