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Chap.(:8Vocabulary(:

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The passing of characters from parents to offspring. heredity
The branch of biology that focuses on heredity. genetics
is a cross that involves one pair of contrasting traits Monohybird cross
describes organisms or genotypes that are homozygous for a specific trait and thus always produces offspring that have the same phenotype for that trait True-Breeding
Parental generation, the first two indiviuals that mate in a gentic cross P. Generation
the first generation offspring obtained from an experimental cross of two organisms F1 Generation
the second generation of offspring, obtained from an experimental cross of two organisms; the offspring of the F1 generation F2 Generation
one of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic such as hair color Allele
the expressed form of the character dominant
The trait that was not expressed when the dominant form of the character was present. Recessive
individuals are the same homozygous
individuals has for a character genotype
The physical apperance of a character phenotype
the first law law of segregation
states that the alleles of diffrent genes separate independently of one another. law of independent assortment
is the diagram that pridicts the outcome Punnet Square
an individuals whose phenotype is dominat test cross
is the likelihood that a specific event will occur Probability
a family history pediagree
allele is located only onon the X and Y chromosome. sex-linked genes
when seeral gnes influance a character polygenic inhertance
displays a phenotype that is intermediate between the two parents. incomplete dominance
genes with threee or more alleles multiple alleles
both forms of the characters are displayed. codomiance
Created by: ktucker2015
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