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Biology vocab chapter 12 Flashcards

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1
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The scientific study of biological inheritance

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Genetics

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Process in sexual reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells join to form a new cell

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Fertilization

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Specific characteristics of an individual

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Trait

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Offspring of crosses between parents with different traits

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Hybrid

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sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait

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Gene

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one of different forms of a gene

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Allele

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Mendel’s second conclusion, which states that some alleles are dominant and others are recessive

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Principle of dominance

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Separation of alleles during gamete formation

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Segregation

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sex cell

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Gamete

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The likelihood that a particular event will occur

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Probability

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Having two identical alleles for a particular gene

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Homozygous

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Having two different alleles for a particular gene

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Heterozgous

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Physical characteristics of an organism

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Phenotype

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Genetic makeup of an organism

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Genotype

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Diagram that can be used to predict the genotype and phenotype combinations of a genetic cross

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Punnett square

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One of Mendel’s principles that states that genes for different traits can segregate independently during the formation of gametes

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Independent assortment

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Cases in which one allele is not completely dominant over another

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incomplete dominance

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A situation in which the phenotypes produced by both alleles are clearly expressed

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Codominance

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A gene with more than two alleles

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Multiple alleles

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Traits controlled by two or more genes

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Polygenic trait

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In chromosomes, one set comes from the male parent and one set comes from the female parent

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Homologous

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A cell with two sets of homologous chromosomes

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Diploid

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Term used to refer to a cell that contains only a single set of genes

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Haploid

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A process in which the number of chromosomes per cell is cut in half through the separation of homologous chromosomes in a diploid cell

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Meiosis

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Structure containing four chromatids that forms during meiosis

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Tetrad

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Process in which homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids during meiosis.

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Crossing over

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