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Biology Cards
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Genetics | The scientific study of heredity |
| Trait | A specific characteristic that varies from one individual or another |
| Hybrid | The offspring of crosses between parents with different traits |
| Segregation | Separation of alleles |
| Gamete | Sex cells (Haploid) |
| Homozygous | Organisms that have two identical alleles for a particular trait |
| Heterozygous | Organisms that have two different alleles for the same trait |
| Phenotype | Physical characteristics |
| Genotype | Genetic makeup |
| Independent Assortment | Genes that separate independently do not influence each others inheritance |
| Incomplete Dominance | One allele is not completely dominant over another |
| Co-dominance | Two alleles both contribute to the phenotype |
| Multiple alleles | Genes that have more than two alleles |
| Polygenic traits | Traits controlled by two or more genes |
| Haploid | N=23 One set of chromosomes |
| Diploid | 2N=46 A cell that contains both sets of homologous chromosomes |
| Meiosis | A process of the reduction division in which the number of chromosomes per cell is cut in half through the separation of homologous chromosomes in a diploid cell |
| Tetrad | Each chromosome pairs with its corresponding homologous chromosome to form a structure called a tetrad. There are 4 chromotids in a tetrad. |