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4.2-4.4
Question | Answer |
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Probability | prediction of the results of a particular event |
Punnett square | chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross |
Phenotype | physical appearance |
Genotype | genetic makeup |
Homozygous | organism that has two identical alleles for a trait |
Heterozygous | organism that has two different allleles |
Codeminance | alleles are either dominant nor recessive |
Meiosis | process by which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half to form sex cells |
Messenger RNA | copies the coded messege from the DNA in the nucleus, and carries the messege to the ribosome in the cytoplasm |
Transfer RNA | carries amino acids to the ribosome and adds them in the growing protein |
Mutation | any change in a gene or chromosome |