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Ch5 test
Question | Answer |
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Heterozygous: | a plant with one dominant and one recessive trait |
Homozygous: | a plant with 2 recessive traits |
Genotype: | formed from both inherited alleles |
probability: | chance that something will happen |
allele: | you get one of these from your mom and one from your dad |
dominate: | trait that is represented by a Capital letter; trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bred |
Punnett square: | square used to organize possible offspring combinations |
phenotype | organism's appearance |
One thing Gregor Mendel realized from his experiments: | each trait had two sets of instructions, one from each parent |
Different forms of a gene that decides a characteristic: | alleles |
Mendel's discovery about recessive traits: | recessive traits reappear in the second generation |
homologous chromosomes: | chromosomes that carry the same sets of genes |
A trait is: | different forms of a characteristic |
Self-pollinating plant: | it fertilizes itself |
Punnett square: | a square divided into four sections that have letters that represent alleles form one parent along the top and one along the side (be able to draw one; know the traits, dominant trait, and genotype) |
Attached earlobes are an: | inherited trait |
Riding a bike is an: | acquired trait |
Hitchhikers thumb is an: | inherited trait |
Skin color is: | BOTH inherited and acquired - because it can be affected by the environment |
Acquired trait: | a non-heritable trait; happens after birth |