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Zoology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Heredity | Innate tendency of offspring to resemble their parents |
| Variation | tendency of offspring to differ from parent |
| Austrian Monk | Gregor Mendel was a _______ |
| Gregor Mendel | He was regarded as Father of Genetics |
| Pisium Sativum | Mendel's experimental material |
| Dominant Character | The physical expression or appearance of a characteristics called as |
| Genetic Constitution | Genotype is the _________ of an organism. |
| Alleles | The alternate forms of a gene. |
| Homozygous | It is the genotype that consists of only one type of allele |
| One | It is the number of types of gametes produced by homozygous individual |
| Law of Segregation | Individuals carry two hereditary alleles affecting any given character. |
| Genotype | it is the sum total of genetic information contained on the chromosomes |
| Phenotype | It is the observable characteristics of an organism |
| Heterozygous | Different alleles in a homologous chromosomes. |