Chapter 7 Word Scramble
|
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Question | Answer |
carrier | does not show disease symptoms but can pass on the disease-causing allele to offspring |
sex-linked gene | genes that are located on the sex chromosome |
X chromosome inactivation | the process by which, in each cell of a female mammal, on of the two X chromosomes is randomly "turned off" |
incomplete dominance | a heterozygous phenotype is somewhere between the two homologous phenotypes |
codominance | both traits are fully and separately expressed |
polygenetic trait | traits produced by two or more genes |
linkage map | map of the relative locations, or loci, of genes on a chromosome |
pedigree | can help trace the phenotypes and genotypes in a family to determine whether people carry recessive alleles |
karyotype | a picture of all of the chromosomes in a cell |
Created by:
kaseywallace
Popular Biology sets