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Genetics
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Genetics | Scientific study of heredity |
| Fertilization | Process in cell reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells join to form a new cell |
| Trait | Specific characteristic of an individual |
| True breeding (pure) | |
| Hybrid | Offspring of crosses between parents with different traits |
| Segregration | Separation of alleles during gamete formation |
| Independent Assortment | One of Mendel's principles that states that genes for different traits can segregate independently during the formation of gametes |
| Gametes | Sex cell |
| Homozygous | Having two identical alleles for a particular gene |
| Heterozygous | Having two different alleles for a particular gene |
| Phenotype | Physical characteristics of an organism |
| Genotype | Genetic makeup of an organism |
| Dominant | |
| Recessice | |
| Allele | One of a number of different forms of a gene |
| Incomplete Dominance | Situation in which one allele is not completely doinant over another allele |
| Codoninance | Situation in which the phenotypes produced by both alleles are completely expressed |
| Punnett Square | Diagram that can be used to predict the genotype and phenotype combinations of a genetic cross |
| Multiple Allele Trait | A gene that has more than two alleles |
| Polygenic Trait | Trait controlled by two or more genes |
| X-linked Trait | |
| Carrier | |
| Autosome | Chromosomes that is not a sex chromosome; also called autosomal chromosomes |