AP Bio Chapter 15 Vocabulary

Question 0

Wild type

Answer 0

The phenotype for a character most commonly observed in natural populations

Question 1

Chromosome theory of inheritance

Answer 1

Mendelian genes have specific loci along chromosomes and it is the chromosomes that undergo segregation and independent assortment

Question 2

Barr body

Answer 2

The inactive x in each cell of a female condenses into the compact body which lies along inside the nuclear envelope

Question 3

Genetic recombination

Answer 3

The production of offspring with combinations of traits that differ from those found in either p generation parent

Question 4

Parental types

Answer 4

Offspring that inherit a phenotype that matures either of the phenotypes in the p(parental) generation originally crossed to create the F1 hybrid

Question 5

Genetic map

Answer 5

An ordered list of the genetic loci located along a particular chromosome

Question 6

Recombination frequency

Answer 6

Percentage of recombinant offspring, indicates distance between genes on a chromosome

Question 7

Linkage map

Answer 7

A genetic map based on recombinant frequencies

Question 8

Map units

Answer 8

The distances between genes

Question 9

Genetically unlinked

Answer 9

When the alleles of genes 50% apart assortment independently as if they were in different chromosomes