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Vocabulary List 1
Question | Answer |
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Heterozygous | An individual having two different alleles of a particular gene. |
Allele | One of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise from mutation and are located on the same chomosome. |
Gregor Mendel | The father of inheritance and hereredity. |
Homozygous dominant | Two capitol letters. |
Phenotype | A set of observable characteristics of an individual |
Genetics | The study of heredity |
Gametes | Mature haploid that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex during sexual reproduction |
Cross-pollination | Pollinate with pollen from a different flower |
Homozygous recessive | two little letters. |
Trait | A distinguishing quaily |
Pollen | A fine powdery substance |
Egg | Also known as a gamete |
Gene | A unit of heredity that is passed from the parent to the offspring |
Genotype | The genetic constitution of an individual |