Chapter 12 Flashcards
1
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What is blending theory?
A
Information from father and mother is blended during fertilization.
2
Q
What is the Homunculus idea?
A
Sperm or egg contain complete miniature adult that only requires food.
3
Q
What are true breeders?
A
Organisms that are similar to their predecessors generation after generation in self-fertilization.
4
Q
What are hybrids?
A
They are offspring of parents that have non-identical alleles for one or more traits.
5
Q
What are monohybrids?
A
Organisms with one sets non-identical allele
6
Q
What are Dihybrids?
A
Organisms with two sets non-identical alleles.
7
Q
What does homozygous mean?
A
identical alleles in a gene
8
Q
What about heterozygous?
A
opposite of homozygous
9
Q
What did Mendel use to test his hypothesis?
A
Pea plants!
