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Genetics
Ch 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Genetics | Study of Heredity |
| Fertilization | Process in sexual reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells join to form a new cell |
| Trait | Specific characteristic of an individual |
| True-breeding (pure) | Same as Homozygous |
| 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 cell |
| Homozygous | Having two identical alleles for a particular gene |
| Heterozygous | Having two different alleles for particular gene |
| Phenotype | Physical characteristics of an organism |
| Genotype | Genetic makeup of an organism |
| Dominant | The gene that always shows up |
| Recessive | The gene that is hidden |
| Allele | One of a number of different forms of a gene |
| Incomplete Dominace | situation in which one allele is not completely dominant over another allele |
| Codominance | Situation in which the phenotype 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 |
| Sex-linked Trait | Gene located on a sex chromosome |
| Carrier | You carry the gene but you don't have the disease |
| Autosome | Chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; also called autosomal chromosome |