Biology - chapter 11.1-2 Flashcards
Nature vs Nurture
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Heredity (Genetic base, eyes, hair color)
vs.
Environment (patience, stress release)
What is
Heredity
Passing of traits from parents to offspring
Fertilization
Fusion of an egg and sperm cell
Self-Polination
when pollen from the male part of a flower pollinates the female part of the same flower
Chromosomes
What are they made up of
built out of genes
Genes
What are they made of
built out of different nucleotides
Allele
Different forms of a gene
Punnet Square
A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross
Dominant
An allele that is always expressed
Recessive
An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present (requires two to appear)
true-breeding
term used to describe organisms that produce offspring identical to themselves if allowed to self-pollinate (having the same dominant or recessive alleles)
Hybrid
An organism that has two different alleles for a trait
P generation
Parental generation, the first two individuals that mate in a genetic cross
F1 generation
offspring of the P generation
gametes
sex cells
(23 chromosomes each)
Heterozygous
Hybrid (Hh)
Homozygous
Pure breed (hh/HH)
Probability
Likelihood that a particular event will occur
Genotype
genes an organism HAS (makeup)
Phenotype
An organism’s physical appearance, or visible traits.
Monohybrid cross
A cross between individuals that involves one pair of contrasting traits
Dihybrid cross
A cross between individuals that have different alleles for the same gene (9/3/3/1)
Codominant
allele has both dominant and recessive traits