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STEELE
STEELE--GENETICS VOCABLARY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| GENETICS | THE STUDY OF HEREDITY |
| FERTILIZATION | PROCESS IN SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN WHICH MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE CELLS JOIN TO FORM A NEW CELL |
| TRUE-BREEDING | TERM USED TO DESCRIBE ORGANISMS THAT PRODUCE OFFSPRING IDENTICAL TO THEMSELVES IF ALLOWED TO SELF-POLLINATE |
| TRAIT | SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTIC THAT VARIES FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL TO ANOTHER |
| HYBRID | OFFSPRING OF CROSSES BETWEEN PARENTS WITH DIFFERENT TRAITS |
| GENE | SEQUENCE OF DNA THAT CODES FOR A PROTEIN AND THUS DETERMINES A TRAIT |
| ALLELE | ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF A GENE |
| SEGREGATION | SEPARATION OF ALLELES DURING GAMETE FORMATION |
| GAMETE | SPECIALIZED CELL INVOLVED IN SEXUAL REPRODUCTION |
| DOMINANT | A STRONG TRAIT |
| RECESSIVE | A WEAK TRAIT |
| HOMOZYGOUS | TERM USED TO REFER TO AN ORGANISM THAT HAS TWO DIFFERENT ALLELES FOR THE SAME TRAIT |
| HETEROZYGOUS | TERM USED TO REFER TO AN ORGANISM THAT HAS TWO DIFFERENT ALLELES FOR THE SAME TRAIT |
| GENOTYPE | GENETIC MAKEUP OF AN ORGANISM |
| PHENOTYPE | PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ORGANISM |
| Dog | Cat |
| Fish | Frog |
| siamese | burmese |