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7th Grade Genetics Test

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Allele   alternate form of the same gene.  
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Carrier   an individual that carries one gene for a recessive trait. A carrier does not express that trait, but when mated with another can produce offspring that do.  
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Chromosome   a thread-like strand in the nucleus that controls the cell activity and carries the genetic material to pass traits to offspring.  
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Co-dominant   2 alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote that are both fully expressed.  
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Dominant Gene   strong form a a gene, which is expressed even if a recessive gene is present.  
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Gamete   sex cell  
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Gene   a unit of genetic material that determines a trait.  
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Genetics   the scietific study of genes/inheritance.  
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Heredity   the pasing of physical characteristics from parent to child.  
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Heterozygous   having 2 different alleles for a trait. (also known as hybrid)  
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Homozygous   having 2 of the same alleles. (also known as pure bred)  
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Hybrid   having 2 different alleles for a trait (also know as heterozygous)  
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Incomplete Dominance   a condition tht results when genes produce a trait somewhere in between the traits of the parents.  
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Inherit   to acquire a triat from your parents  
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Karyotype   a picture of a person's chromosomes  
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Meiosis   cell division that happens in sex cells only. produces gametes have one set of unpaired chromosomes.  
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Gregor Mendel   Austrian monk who studies pea plants and figured out the rules of heredity. The "father" of genetics.  
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Mutation   a change in DNA or chromosomes  
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Pedigree   a line of anchstors; visual representation.  
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Phenotype   The actual characteristics that an organism demonstrates  
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Polygenic   a trait that requires more than one gene  
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Probability   The percent chance of inheriting a trait  
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Punnet Square   a visual diagram that demonstrates the possible genotypes person could inherit from the parents.  
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Pure bred   having 2 of the same alleles. (also known as homozygous)  
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Ratio   relation in degree or number between two different things  
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Recessive Gene   the weak form of a gene, which is not expressed when the dominant form is also present.  
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Sex-linked trait   A recessive trait carried on the X chromosome.  
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Trait   genetically determined characteristic  
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