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Ch 11,13,14 Vocab Flashcards

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True breeding

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Producing offspring identical to themselves

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Fertilization

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Make and female reproductive cells join

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Trait

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A specific characteristic

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Hybrids

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The offspring crosses between parents with different traits

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Genes

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Chemical factors that determine traits

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Alleles

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Different forms of a gene

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Segregation

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Separation of alleles

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Gametes

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Sex cells

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Probability

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The likelihood that a particular event will occur

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Homozygous

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Organisms that have two identical alleles for a particular trait

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Heterozygous

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Organisms that have two different alleles for the trait

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Phenotype

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Physical characteristics

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Genotype

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Genetic makeup

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Independent assortment

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Segregated independently

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Incomplete dominance

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One allele is not completely dominant over the other

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Codominance

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Both alleles contribute to the phenotype

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Multiple alleles

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Genes having more than 2 alles

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Polygenic traits

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A traits controlled by two or more genes

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Selective breeding

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Only animals with desired characteristics to produce the next generation

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Hybridration

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Crossing dissimilar individuals to bring together the best of both organisms

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Inbreeding

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Continues breeding if individuals with similar characteristics

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Genetic Engineering

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Making changes in the DNA code of living organisms

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Restriction enzymes

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Cuts DNA at a specific sequence of nucleotides

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Gel electrophoresis

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A mixture is DNA fragments places at one end of a porous gel

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Recombinant DNA

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DNA molecules that are produced by combining DNA from different sources

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Transformation

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A process of bacteria is changed by a gene or genes from another strain of bacteria

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Plasmid

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Small circular DNA

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Genetic maker

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A gene that makes it possible to distinguish bacteria that carries that plasmid from those that don’t

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Clone

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A member of a population of genetically identical cells produced from a single cell

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Karyotype

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A picture of chromosomes that arranged in groups of pairs

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Sex chromosomes

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Chromosomes that determine an individuals sex

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Autosomes

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The remaining chromosomes from the sexy chromosomes

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Pedigree

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A chart that shows the relationships within a family

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Cystic fibrosis

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A common genetic disease of having digestive problems and hart to breathe.

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Sickle cell

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A common genetic disorder sound in the African Americans

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Sex linked gene

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Inheritance for genes located on the X and Y chromosomes

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Nondisjunction

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When the homologous chromosomes during meiosis fails to separate

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DNA fingerprinting

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Identifies individuals. It analyzes sections if DN that have little or no known function but vary widt from one individual to another

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Gene therapy

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An absent of daily gene is replaced by a normal working gene

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