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6.3-6.6 bio
chapter 6.3-6.6 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| distinguishing characteristics that are inherited, such as eye color, leaf shape, and tail length | trait |
| the study of biological inheritance patterns and variations in organisms | genetics |
| genetically uniform | purebred |
| the mating of two organisms | cross |
| Mendel's first law 1) organisms that inherit two copies of genes (one from each parent) 2) organisms donate only one copy of each gene in their gametes because the genes separate during gamete formation | law of segregation |
| specific region of DNA that codes for a particular protein | gene |
| any of the alternative forms of a gene that may occur at a specific locus | allele |
| describes two of the same alleles at a specific locus | homozygous |
| describes two different alleles at a specific locus | heterozygous |
| is all of an organism's genetic material | genome |
| typically refers to the genetic | genotype |
| the physical characteristics or traits of an individual organism | phenotype |
| dominant | |
| recessive | |
| punnett square | |
| monohybrid cross | |
| testcross | |
| dihybrid cross | |
| Mendel's second law, stating that allele pairs separate from each other during gamete formation | law of independent assortment |
| assortment | |
| probability |