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heredity

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multiplication rule   to determine the probability of 2 or more independent events occurring together, multiply the probabilities of each event happening separately  
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gene   genetic material on a chromosome that contains the instructions for creating a particular trait  
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allele   several varieties of a gene  
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locus   location on a chromosome where a gene is located  
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homologous chromosomes   each parent contributes a chromosome to the pair, they may contain different alleles  
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dominant   gene that is being expressed  
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recessive   gene that is not expressed  
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phenotype   physical expression of a gene  
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genotype   represents the actual alleles  
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law of segregation   one member of each chromosome pair migrates to an opposite pole so that each gamete contains only one copy of each chromosome  
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law of independent assortment   the migration of homologues in one homologous chromosome to opposite poles does not affect the migration of homologues of other homologous pairs  
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monohybrid cross   one trait is being investigated  
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dihybrid cross   two traits are being investigated  
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complete dominance   dominant allele is expressed over recessive allele  
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incomplete dominance   the combined expression of 2 different alleles produces a blending of the individual expressions of the two alleles ex. wavy hair  
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codominance   both inherited alleles are completely expressed  
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multiple alleles   ex. A, B, and O blood types  
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epistasis   one gene affects the phenotypic expression of a second gene ex. one gene turns on (or off) the production of a pigment, while a second gene controls either the amount of pigment produced or the color of the pigment  
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pleiotropy   single gene has more than one phenotypic expression ex. sickle-cell disease, gene incorrectly codes for hemoblobin, causing the RBC to change shape and can cause death  
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polygenic inheritance   many genes shape a single phenotype ex. height  
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linked genes   genes that reside on the same chromosome and cannot segregate independently because they are physically connected  
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the greater the distance between 2 genes...   the more likely the two genes will cross over during synapsis  
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sex linked genes   genes that reside on the X chromosome  
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example of sex linked gene   hemophilia--> cannot properly clot blood  
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x inactivation   in females, one X becomes a barr body, so only the alleles on the active X chromosome are expressed  
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nondisjunction   failure of one or more chromosome pair/chromotids to properly separate during meiosis or mitosis  
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polyploidy   all of the chromosomes undergo meiotic nondisjunction and produce gametes with twice the number of chromosomes; mostly happens in plants  
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point mutations   when a single nucleotide in the DNA of a gene is incorrect  
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substitution   different nucleotide is substituted for the correct one  
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deletion   nucleotide base-pair is omitted  
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insertion   extra base-pair is inserted  
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aneuploidy   genome with extra or missing chromosome, often caused by nondisjunction  
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down syndrome   trisomy 21  
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turner syndrome   nondisjunction of the sex chromosomes, sperm will either have both sex chromosomes (XY) or none (O)  
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