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4.2, 4.3, 4.4 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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probability | a number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur |
punnet square | is a chart that shows all possible combination of alleles that can result from a genetic cross |
phenotype | is its physical appearance or trait. |
genotype | its genetic makeup or allele combinations |
homozygous | a smooth pod plant that has alleles SS and a pinched pod plant with alleles ss are both homozygous |
heterozygous | an organism that has two different traits as alleles |
codimanance | alleles are neither dominant nor reccesive. Both alleles are expressed in the offspring. |
meiosis | is the process by which the number of chromosome is reduced by help to form sex cells |
messenger DNA | copied the cooled message from the DNA in the nucleus and carries the message to the ribosome in the cytoplasm |
Transfer RNA | carries amino acids to the ribosome and adds them to the growing protein |
mutation | is any change in gene or chromosome |