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Mendel's Legacy
9.1 Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| genetics | the science of heredity and of the mechanisms by which traits are passed from parents to offspring |
| heredity | the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring |
| trait | |
| pollination | |
| self-pollination | |
| cross-pollination | |
| true-breeding | |
| P generation | parental generation, the first two individuals that mate in a genetic cross |
| F₁ generation | |
| F₂ generation | |
| dominant | |
| recessive | |
| law of segregation | Mendel's law that states that the pairs of homologous chromosomes separate in meiosis so that only one chromosome from each pair is present in each gamete |
| law of independent assortment | |
| molecular genetics | |
| allele |