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Ch. 5 Vocab.

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Gregor Mendel   Known as the "Father of Genetics"  
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heredity   The passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring  
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dominant trait   Even if only one of these alleles is present, this trait will always show in the organism  
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recessive trait   This trait only appears if both alleles of this trait are present  
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gene   A set of instructions for an inherited trait  
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allele   One of the alternative forms of a gene that determines a characteristic, such as hair color  
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phenotype   The physical trait that you can see  
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genotype   The combination of your alleles for a trait  
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heterozygous/hybrid   When the combination of alleles are different such as Tt or Pp  
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homozygous/purebred   When the combination of alleles are the same such as TT, tt, PP, or pp  
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probability   The likelihood or chance that an event will occur.  
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self-pollinating plants   Plants that have both male and female reproductive structures, are also known as "true-breeding"  
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cross-pollination plants   When pollen from one plant is used to fertilize another plant.  
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The ratio that Gregor Mendel found in the second generation of his experiments when he crossed two hybrid plants together.   3:1 ratio  
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Punnett Square   Used to organize all of the possible combinations of offspring from particular parents.  
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selective breeding   When humans use naturally occurring genetic patterns to pass desired traits on to generations of plants and animals.  
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inbreeding   When we selectively breed in a family line of an organism for a specific trait. This reduces the number of genetic differences.  
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hybridization   When breeders or scientists cross different organisms in hopes of producing offspring with the best traits of each organism.  
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genetic engineering   When scientists remove a bit of genetic material from one organism and insert it into anotherr  
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cloning   When scientists use genetic information from a single cell of an organism to produce another organism with the same genetic information (makes an exact copy)  
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sex chromosomes   Chromosomes that carry genes that determine if an organism's sex is going to be male or female.  
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incomplete dominance   When the phenotypes of two alleles blend together such as the red snapdragon and the white snapdragon making a pink snapdragon.  
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codominance   When an organism has two different alleles of a gene and shows both phenotypes at the same time such as with tabby cats.  
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polygenic   When inherited traits are defined by more than one gene.  
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