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Hoffman Bio - S2 #2
Semester 2 - List #2
Question | Answer |
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Punnett Square | Tool used to predict the outcomes of genotype from a particular cross of organisms |
Incomplete Dominance | Situation that occurs when neither allele is hidden in an organism, but blend to make a different phenotype |
Co-Dominance | Situation that occurs when both alleles are fuly expressed in an organism and can result in a different phenotype |
Monohybrid Cross | Tool used to study the inheritance of a single trait in an organism. |
Dihybrid Cross | Tool used to study the inheritance of a 2 traits in an organism. |
Testcross | Used to determine an unknown genetype of an organism by crossing it with one which has the recessive trait |
Pedigree | Chart which shows how traits are passed from one generation to the next within a family |
Karyotype | Chart which shows the number and arrangment of chromosomes. |
Law of Segregation | Mendel's which states that an organism inherits one copy of each gene from each parent and those alleles are separated during Meiosis |
Law of Independent Assortment | Mendel's Law which states that genes are inherited separately in an organism |
Carrier | An organism which expresses the dominant trait, but could have offspring with the recessive trait |
Sex-linked Gene | Genes that are carried on an organisms sex chromosomes |