6.2 Flashcards

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what is a genotype

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genetic makeup of an organism

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what is a phenotype

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visible characteristics of an organism

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what are some chromosome mutations that can occur during meiosis

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  • deletion
  • inversion
  • translocation
  • duplication
  • non-dijunction
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what is deletion

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where part of a chromosme containing genes and regulatory sequence is lost

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what is insersion

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a section of chromosome may break off, turn 180 degrees then join again

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what is translocation

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a piece of one chromosme may break off and join to another chroosome

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what is duplication

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a piece of chromosmome may ne duplicated

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what is non-disjunction

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one pair of chromomses fails to seperate leaving one gamete with an extra chromosome

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where does genetic variation from meiosis occur

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  • allele shuffling in prophase 1
  • independent assortment of chromosomes in anaphase 1
  • independent assortment of chromosomes in anaphase 2
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10
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how can environmental factors cause variation

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  • learning to speak with a particular regional accent

- losing digit or limb or a scar

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what are chlorotic plants

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plants that have the genotype for making chlorophyll but environmental factors are preventing the expression of these genes like those plants being kept in dim lght

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what are allels

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versions of genes

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13
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what does it mean if a characteristic of monogenic

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determined by one gene

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what are multiple allels

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charictaristics for which there are three or more alleles in the populations gene pool

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