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Bio-Genetics

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Genetics the study of heredity
heredity the mechanism by which traits are passed from parents to offspring
true breeding process that ensures that each parent produces the offspring of the same type
hybrid the offspring of a cross between individuals who contrasting traits
generation the entire group of offspring produced by a given group of parents
pedigree a diagram that shows the occurances of a genetic trait in several generations of a family
genettic disorder an inherited disease or disorder that is caused by a chromosomal defect or mutation
codominance a condition in which both alleles for an gene are fully expressed
incomplete dominance an offspring has a phenotype that is intermediate between the traits of both parents
law of independent assortment states that the genes separate independently of one another in meiosis.
punnett ssquare a graphic use dto predict the results of an genetic cross
dominant describes an allele taht is fully expressed
recessive desribes an allele that is expressed only when no dominant allele is present
phenotype organism's appearance that results from the organism's genotype and environment.
genotype the entire genetic makeup of an organism; also the combination of genes for one or more specific traits
homozygous describes an individual that has identical alleles for a trait
heterzygous describes an individual that carries two different alleles of a gene.
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