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Chapter 10 Flashcards

1
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What are genes

A

instructions to make proteins

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2
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What are alleles

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an alternative form of genes

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3
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What are autosomes and sex chromosomes?

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Autosomes: Chromosomes that have nothing to do with sex determination
Sex chromosomes: Chromosomes that have something to do with sex determination

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4
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What are true-breeding individuals?

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Homozygous

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5
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What are hybrid individuals?

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Heterozygous

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6
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What is self-fertilization

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An individual crossing gametes with itself

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7
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What is cross-fertilization?

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The exchange of gametes between 2 individuals

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8
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What are dominant alleles

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suppresses the effect over the recessive alleles

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9
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What are recessive alleles?

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alleles whose expression is masked by dominant alleles

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10
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What is the genotype

A

Genetic makeup of an organism

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11
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What are homozygous and heterozygous genotypes?

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Homo means 1 type and hetero means 2 types

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12
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What is the phenotype?

A

observable characteristics

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13
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What are wild and mutant alleles?

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Wild alleles: The most common form
mutant alleles: the least common form

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What are the P, F1, and F2 generations?

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P: parent generation
F1: offspring of parents
F2: Crossing of F1

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15
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What are monohybrid crosses?

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mating between two individuals that are heterozygous for the one gene

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16
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what’s a dihybrid cross

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mating between two individuals that are both heterozygous for two genes

17
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what are Punnett squares

A

diagram that uses the genotypes of the parents to reveal the possible results of a genetic cross

18
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What are four of the seven pea plant traits studied by Mendel?

A

seed color
seed form
pod color
pod form

19
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What are two reasons that Mendel studied pea plants?

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They’re small
good reproductive capacity

20
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What are the three main inheritance patterns?

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Complete dominance
incomplete dominance
codominance

21
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How many alleles and phenotypes are there in complete dominance

A

2 alleles and 2 phenotypes

22
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How many alleles and phenotypes are there incomplete dominance

A

2 alleles and 3 phenotypes

23
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How many alleles and phenotypes are there codominance

A

3 alleles and 4 phenotypes

24
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write ABO blood genotypes

25
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write abo surface molecules

26
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What are sex-lined genes?

A

genes located on the sex chromosomes (X and Y),

27
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What are pleiotropy traits?

A

genes can affect many outcomes

28
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What are polygenic traits?

A

many genes can affect one trait

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