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Ch. 13 key terms OS
Inheritance
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Autosome | any of the non-sex chromosomes |
| Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance | theory proposing that chromosomes are the genes' vehicles and that their behavior during meiosis is the physical basis of the inheritance patterns that Mendel observed |
| homologous recombination | process by which homologous chromosomes undergo reciprocal physical exchanges at their arms, also crossing over |
| karyogram | a karyotype's photographic image |
| karyotype | an individual's chromosome number and appearance; includes the size, banding patterns, and centromere position |
| nondisjunction | failure of synapsed homologs to completely separate and migrate to separate poles during the meiosis' first cell division |
| polyploid | individual with an incorrect number of chromosome sets |
| recombination frequency | average number of crossovers between two alleles; observed as the number of nonparental types in a progeny's population |
| trisomy | otherwise diploid genotype in which one entire chromosome duplicates |
| X inactivation | condensing X chromosomes into Barr bodies during embryonic development in females to compensate for the double genetic dose |