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Vocab ARCC Bio Ch13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dominant | Refers to an allele that masks the effect of a recessive allele paired with it |
| Genotype | Particular set of alleles carried by an individual |
| Phenotype | An Individual's observable traits |
| Heterozygous | Having two different alleles of a gene |
| Homozygous | Identical alleles of a gene |
| Hybrid | Offspring of a cross between two individuals that breed true for different forms of a trait; a heterozygous individual. |
| locus | location of a gene on a chromosome |
| Recessive | Refers to an allele with an effect that is masked by a dominant allele on the homologous chromosome |
| Monohybrid cross | Cross between two individuals identically heterozygous for one gene; for example Aa x Aa |
| Law of segregation | Members of each pair of genes on homologous chromosomes end up in different gametes during meiosis |
| Testcross | Method of determining genotype by tracking a trait in the offspring of a cross between an individual of unknown genotype an individual known to be homozygous |
| Codominant | Two alleles that are both fully in heterozygous and neither is dominant over the other |
| Epistasis | Effect in which a trait is influenced by the products of multiple genes |
| Incomplete dominance | One allele isnt dominant over another, so the heterozygous |
| Multiple allele system | Gene for which three or more alleles persist in a population |
| pleiotropic | refers to a gene that influences multiple traits |