Chapter 5 Flashcards
What is Dominant Triat?
Mendel chose a cell the trait that appeared.
What is heredity?
The passing of traits from parents of offspring.
What is Recessive Trait?
A trait that is apparent only when two recessive alleles does the same characteristics are inherited.
What is Genes?
The first-generation plants carried the instructions for both the dominant trait and the recessive trait.
What is alleles?
The different forms of a gene.
What is Phenotype?
An organisms appearance.
What is genotype?
Both inherited alleles together form an organisms.
What is probability?
The mathematical chance that something will happen. Is most often written sd s fraction of s percentage
What is homologous chromosomes?
Chromosome that carry the same sets of genes?
What is Meiosis?
Is a copying process that produced cells with half and usual number of chromosomes.
What is Sex chromosomes?
Carry genes that determine sex.
What is Pedgiree?
Which is a tool for tracing a trait through generations of a family.
