Alleles Flashcards

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1
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If the alleles in a matching pair are the same they are called……

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Homozygous Alleles

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2
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An example of a pair of homozygous is…

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HH BB MM LL PP etc

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3
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If a matching pair of alleles are different they are called…..

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Heterozygous alleles

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4
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And example of heterozygous alleles are….

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Hh Ll Pp Ee etc

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5
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Some alleles are dominant and will

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Always be expressed

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6
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Dominant alleles are always expressed as a

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Capital letter

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7
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A recessive allele is always the

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Corresponding small letter

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8
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Idk

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Idk

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9
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The allele for each characteristic is callled the

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Genotype

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10
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The physical expression for an allele pair is the

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Phenotype

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11
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An exampl of a genotype would be

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Rr X RR

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12
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An example for a phenotype would be

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Round X Bumpy

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13
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A dominant allele would be

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Bb or BB

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14
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A recessive allele would be

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bb

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