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pony biology
pg 308-315
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| study of heredity | genetics |
| in sexual reproduction a male and a female cells join together | fertilization |
| a specific characteristic | traits |
| when the offspring crosses between parents with different traits | hybrid |
| factors that are passed from parent to offspring | genes |
| different forms of a gene | alleles |
| principle that states that some alleles are dominate and others are ressesive | principle of dominance |
| separation of alleles | segregation |
| sex cells | gametes |
| the likelihood that a particular event will occur | probability |
| organisms that have two identical alleles for a particular gene | homozygous |
| organisms that have two different alleles for the same gene | heterozygous |
| physical traits | phenotype |
| genetic makeup | genotype |
| a chart that uses mathematical probability to help predict the genotype and phenotype combinations in genetic crosses | Punnett square |