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ch.10 Mendel/Meiosis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| allele | alternitive forms of a gene for each variation of a trait of an organism |
| dominant | observed trait of an organism that masks the recessive form of a trait |
| fertilization | fusion of a male and female gametes |
| gamete | male and female sex cells;sperm and eggs |
| genetics | brach of biology that studies heredity |
| genotype | combonation of genes in an organism |
| heredity | passing on of charictoristics from parents to offspring |
| heterozygous | when there are two diffrent allels of a trait |
| hybrid | offspring formed by parents having diffrent forms of a trait |
| law of independent assortment | mendelian principle stating that genes for diffrent traits are inherited independently of each other |
| law of segregation | mendelian principle explaining that because of each plant has two diffrent allels it can produce two diffrent types of gametes. during fertilizationmale and female gametes randomly pair to produce four combinations of allels |
| phenotype | outward appearance of an organism regardless of its genes |
| pollination | from male reproductive organs to female reproductive organs of plants usually within the same species |
| recessive | trait of an organism that can be masked by the dominant form of a trait |
| trait | charicteristic that is inherited; can be either dominant or recessive |
| zygote | diploid cell formed when a sperm fertilizes an egg |
| crossing over | exchange of genetic material between nonsister chromatids from homologous chromosomes during prophase I of meiosis; results in a new allel combination |
| diploid | cell with two of each kind of chromosome;is said to contain a diploid or 2n number of chromosomes |
| egg | haploid female sex cell produced by meioses |
| genetic recombination | major source of genetic variation among organisms caused by reassortment or crossing over during meiosis |
| haploid | cell with one kind of chromosome; is said to contain a haploid or n number of chromosomes |
| homologous chromosome | paired chromosomes for genes in the same trait arranged in the same order |
| meiosis | type of cell division where one body cell produces four gametes each containing half the number of chromosomes as a parent's body cell |
| nondisjunction | failure of homologous chromosomes to seperate properly during meiosis; results in gametes with too many or too few chromosomes |
| sexual reproduction | pattern of reproduction that involves the production and subsequent fusion of haploid sex cells |
| sperm | haploid male sex cells produces by meiosis |