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Section 2: Genetic Crosses

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Definition
Genotype   An organism's genetic makeup  
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Phenotype   An organism's appearance  
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Homozygous   When both alleles of a pair are alike  
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Heterozygous   When the two alleles in a pair are different  
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Probability   The likelihood that a specific event will occur  
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Monohybrid Cross   A cross in which only one characteristic is tracked  
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Punnett Square   A graphic used to predict the results of a genetic cross  
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Genotypic Ratio   The ratio o the genotypes that appear in offspring  
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Phenotypic Ratio   The ratio of an offspring's phenotypes  
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Testcross   An individual of unknown genotype is crossed with a homozygous recessive individual  
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Complete Dominance   One allele is completely dominant over another  
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Incomplete Dominance   The F1 offspring will have a phenotype inbetween that of the parents  
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Codominance   Occurs when both alleles for a gene are expressed in a heterozygous offspring  
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Dilhybrid Cross   A cross in which two characteristics are tracked  
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