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Biology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Genetics | The study of heredity |
| Fertilization | The act of male and female reproductive cells joining together. |
| Trait | A specific characteristic that varies from one individual to another. |
| Segregation | Separation |
| Gamete | Sex cell |
| Homozygous | Having the same alleles for the same trait. |
| Heterozygous | Having different alleles for the same trait |
| Phenotypes | Physical characteristics |
| Genotype | genetic makeup |
| Independent assortment | Cells separate themselves without messing with their genotype |
| incomplete dominance | Where one allele is not completely dominate over another |
| co-dominance | Both alleles contribute the the genotype. |
| Multiple alleles | more than one allele in a gene |
| Polygenic traits | A trait controlled by more than one allele. |
| haploid | coronations only one set of chromosomes |
| Diploid | has both sets of homologous chromosomes |
| meiosis | sexual reproduction in which the number of chromosomes per cell is cut in half |
| tetrads | structures where homologous chromosomes pair up. |