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PBHS Genetics
Scientists and general info
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Swede who created modern taxonomic system of classification and used binomial nomenclature to give scientific names | Linnaeus |
| Taxonomy of living organisms classification system from top, down | KPCOFGS |
| French naturalist,an early proponent of evolution | Lamarck |
| Incorrect theory of evolution by Lamarck | Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics |
| English naturalist evolution by natural selection | Charles Darwin |
| On the Origin of Species | Darwin |
| The Descent of Man | Darwin |
| Darwin's 5-year voyage on this ship to these islands that belong to this country | HMS Beagle, Galapagos Islands, Equador |
| Darwin's most studied organisms | Finches with differently shaped beaks |
| Darwin studied these organisms that are the only of the species to live in salt water | Marine iguana |
| Zoological Philosophy written by | Lamarck |
| Father of Genetics | Gregor Mendel |
| Austrian Monk and botanist who developed basic laws of inheritance | Mendel |
| Mendel did extensive experiments with this plant | pea plants |
| Mendel also wrote extensively on meteorology and ___ | beekeeping |
| Exactness of data resulted in accusation of fraud | Mendel |
| physical appearance of the genotype | phenotype |
| Actual alleles received | genotype |
| varieties of a gene | allele |
| diagram predicting outcome of genetic cross | Punnett square |
| Having both a dominant and a recessive allele | heterozygous (heterozygote) |
| Having the same 2 alleles | homozygous (homozygote) |
| Mendel's 1st principle--only one gene is received from each parent in each pair | principle of segregation |
| Mendel's 2nd principle--genes of different traits are inherited independently of each other | principle of independent assortment |
| section of a chromosome containing the entire code for a protein | gene |
| full genetic complement of an individual or species | genome |
| x-linked recessive disease in which blood does not clot properly | hemophilia |
| offspring from mating 2 genetically different parents | hybrid |
| change in a gene producing new variation | mutation |
| inherited recessive disease that was helpful in preventing malaria | sickle cell anemia |
| inherited recessive disease affecting Eastern European Jews (Ashkenazi Jews) | Tay-Sachs Disease |
| carried on X sex chromosome | X-linked |
| inherited recessive deficiency in pigmentation in skin, hair, and eyes | albinism |
| Mating genetically different plants of the same species | cross-pollination |
| allele that will be expressed | dominant allele |
| allele that will not be expressed in the presence of a dominant allele | recessive allele |
| Father of Modern Genetics, American biologist | Thomas Hunt Morgan |
| Studied the fruit flies (Drosophela) at Columbia University | Morgan |
| Found that genes are carried on chromosomes | Morgan |
| Discovered sex-linked traits, linked genes, and crossing-over during meiosis | Morgan |
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