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Biology PP17
Mendel
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| dominant trait | the trait that shows |
| recessive | the trait that does not show physically |
| how do parents transmit their traits to their offspring? | through genes |
| homozygous | two same copies of the gene |
| heterozygous | two different copies of the gene |
| law of segregation | piars of alleles separate when gametes form |
| alleles | alternative form of a gene |
| phenotype | the appearance of an individual |
| genotype | the genetic composition of an individual |
| principle of independent assortment | alleles of a pair segregate independently of other allele pairs during gamete formation |
| law of segregation | individuals are diploid; the alleles of a gene separate when forming gametes, and gametes combine randomly in forming offspring |
| law of independent assortment | alleles of genes located on different chromosomes (unlinked) are inherited independently |