29) Genetics and heredity Flashcards
1-13 quiz, 14-?? lecture notes
1
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a mode of inheritance where two or more genes control a single trait
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polygenic inheritance
2
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a mode of inheritance in which a heretozygote has an intermediate phenotype
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incomplete dominance
3
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an individual that has two different alleles
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heterozygous
4
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an allele that will always be expressed
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dominant
5
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a portion of DNA that codes for a protein
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gene
6
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an allele that will only be expressed in a homozygote
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recessive
7
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an allele that is carried on the X chromosome
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X-linked
8
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a variant of a single gene
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allele
9
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an individual allelic makeup
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genotype
10
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an individual that has two identical alleles
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homozygous
11
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all the DNA that is within a cell
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genome
12
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a mode of inheritance in which both alleles are fully expressed
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codominance
13
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the protein expression of a gene
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phenotype
