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HCS Biology
Chapter 5.4 (BJU Press)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| self-pollination | The process by which a plant's structure allows its own pollen to provide the sperm for fertilization of ova. |
| cross-pollinate | To fertilize a flower with pollen from another flower. |
| dominant trait | The characteristic that is expressed even in the presence of the recessive genes. |
| recessive trait | The characteristic that is expresses only in the homozygous recessive condition. |
| phenotype | The physical expression of an organism's gene. |
| genotype | The genetic makeup of an individual organism. |
| locus | The specific location of a gene on a chromosome. |
| allele | One pair of genes that have the same position on homologous chromosomes. |
| homozygous | Having the same two alleles at the same position (locus) on homologous chromosomes. |
| heterozygous | Having two different alleles at the same position (locus) on homologous chromosomes. |
| monohybird cross | A genetic cross that deal with only one set of characteristics. |
| Punnett square | A diagram used to visualize genetic crosses. |
| test cross | The mating of an organism that possesses a dominant phenotype but unknown genotype with an organism that possesses a recessive phenotype to determine the genotype of the dominant individual. |
| pedigree | A diagram that shows the characteristics of several generations of organisms. |