3.2 Traits and inheritance Flashcards
1
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a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring
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gene
2
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one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome
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allele
3
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he set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment
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phenotype
4
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the genetic constitution of an individual organism
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genotype
5
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the extent to which something is probable; the likelihood of something happening or being the case
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probability
