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Genetics
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Genetics | Scientific study of heredity |
| Fertilization | Process in sexual reproduction where male and female cells join to form a new cell |
| Trait | Specific characteristics of an individual |
| True-Breeding(Pure) | Same as homozygous, having two identical alleles for a particular gene |
| Hybrid | Offspring of crosses between parents with different traits |
| Segregation | 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 cells |
| 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 | The trait that is most likely to show up |
| Recessive | The trait that is least likely to show up, will only show if there is no dominant trait |
| Allele | One of a number of different forms of a gene |
| Incomplete Dominance | Situation in which one allele is not completely dominant over another allele |
| Codominance | Situation in which the phenotype's produced by both alleles are completely ezpressed |
| Punnett Square | Diagram that can be used to predict the genotype and phenotype combinations of a genetic square |
| Multiple Allele Trait | A gene that has more than two alleles |
| Polygenic Trait | Trait controlled by two or more genes |
| Sex-Linked Trait | Gene located on a sex chromosome |
| Carrier | Carries the disease but does not have it |
| Autosome | Chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; also called autosomal chromosome |