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Biology chapter 11

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monohybrid cross   Cross between parents that differ in only one trait.  
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locus   Physical location of a trait (or gene) on a chromosome.  
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dominant allele   Allele that exerts its phenotypic effect in the heterozygote; it masks the expression of the recessive allele.  
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recessive allele   Allele that exerts its phenotypic effect only in the homozygote; its expression is masked by a dominant allele  
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homozygous   Possessing two identical alleles for a particular trait.  
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heterozygous   Possessing unlike alleles for a particular trait.  
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genotype   Genes of an organism for a particular trait or traits; often designated by letters—for example, BB or Aa.  
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phenotype   Visible expression of a genotype—e.g., brown eyes or attached earlobes.  
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dihybrid cross   Cross between parents that differ in two traits.  
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punnett square   Visual representation developed by Reginald Punnett that is used to calculate the expected results of simple genetic crosses.  
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testcross   Cross between an individual with a dominant phenotype and an individual with a recessive phenotype to determine whether the dominant individual is homozygous or heterozygous.  
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autosome   Chromosome pairs that are the same between the sexes; in humans, all but the X and Y chromosomes  
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carrier   Heterozygous individual who has no apparent abnormality but can pass on an allele for a recessively inherited genetic disorder.  
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multiple alleles   Inheritance pattern in which there are more than two alleles for a particular trait; each individual has only two of all possible alleles.  
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codominance   Inheritance pattern in which both alleles of a gene are equally expressed in a heterozygote.  
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incomplete dominance   Inheritance pattern in which an offspring has an intermediate phenotype, as when a red-flowered plant and a white-flowered plant produce pink-flowered offspring.  
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incomplete penetrance   Dominant alleles that are either not always or partially expressed.  
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pleiotropy   Inheritance pattern in which one gene affects many phenotypic characteristics of the individual.  
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polygenic inheritance   Pattern of inheritance in which a trait is controlled by several allelic pairs.  
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x-linked   Allele that is located on an X chromosome; not all X-linked genes code for sexual characteristics.  
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hemizygous   Possessing only one allele for a gene in a diploid organism; males are hemizygous for genes on the X chromosome.  
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