Biology Flashcards

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Allele

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diffrent versons of the same gene

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2
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Homozygous

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same alleles

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3
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Heterozygous

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alleles that are diffrent

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4
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Dominant

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an allele that will always be expressed even when there is only one of these alleles present, represented by a capital letter

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5
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Recessive

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an allele that will only be expresed when both alleles are this type e.g. hh.

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6
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Genotype

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the allele pair for each characteristic is called the genotype.

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7
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Phenotype

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the physicle expression of an allele pair is the phenotype.

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