12.1 Vocab Flashcards
1
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Genetics
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Scientific study of biological inheritance
2
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Fertilization
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What happens during sexual reproduction when male and female reproductive cells join
3
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Trait
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Specific characteristic of someone or something
4
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Hybrid
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Offspring of crosses between parents with different contrasting characteristics
5
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Gene
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Sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait; factor that it passed from parent to offspring
6
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Allele
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One of different forms of a gene
7
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Principle of Dominance
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Mendel’s second conclusion, which states that some alleles are dominant and others are recessive
8
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Segregation
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Categorization of alleles in gamete formation
9
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Gamete
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Sex cell
