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Introduction to gen
Chapter 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Genetics | The scientific study of heredity is the key to understanding what makes each organism unique |
| Fertilization | During sexual reproduction, male and female reproductive cells join to produce's a new cell. |
| Trait | a specific characteristic, such as seed color or plant height of an individual |
| Hybrids | The offspring of crosses between parents with different traits. |
| genes | Offspring passed from parent to children. |
| Alleles | The different forms of a gene |
| Principle of dominance | States that some alleles are dominant and others are recessive. |
| Segregation | Alleles for tallness and shortness in the f1 plants must segregate from each other. |
| Gametes | gametes formation, alleles segregate from each other so that each gamete carries only a single copy of each gene |
| Probability | likelihood that a particular event will occur. |
| Homoygous | Organisms that have tow identical alleles for a particual gene |
| heterozygous | Organisms that have town different alleles for the same gene |
| Phenotype | physical traits |
| Genotype | Genetic makeup |
| Punnett square |