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chapter 12 biology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| genetics | scientific study of heredity |
| fertilization | process in sexual reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells join to form a new cell |
| trait | specific characteristic of an individual |
| hybrid | offspring of crosses between parents with different traits |
| gene | sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait ; factor that is passed from parent to offspring |
| allele | one of a number of different forms of a gene |
| principle of dominance | Mendel's second conclusion, which states that some alleles are dominant and other are recessive |
| segregation | separation of alleles during gamete formation |
| gamete | sex cell |
| probability | likelihood that a particular event will occur |
| homozygous | having two identical alleles for a particular gene |
| heterozygous | having two different alleles for a particular gene |
| phenotype | physical characteristics of an organism |
| genotype | genetics makeup of an organism |
| punnett square | diagram that can be used to predict the genotype and phenotype combinations of a genetic cross |
| independent assortment | one of Mendel's principles that states that genes for different traits can segregate independently during the formation of gametes |
| incomplete dominance | situation in which one alleles is not completely dominant over another male |
| codominance | situation in which the phenotypes produced by both alleles are completely expressed |
| multiple alleles | a gene that has more than two alleles |
| polygenic trait | trait controlled by two or more genes |