Chapter 7 Power Points Flashcards
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Genes are instruction sets for
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Biochemical, physical and behavioral traits
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Why do offspring resemble their parents
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Their inherited genes
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The passing of characteristics from parent to offspring through their genes
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Heredity
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Traits that are determined by the instructions a person carries at one gene
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Single gene traits
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Mendels research approach features
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1: pea plants are an ideal study organism
2: pea plants have numerous easily categorized traits with two variants each
3: distinct populations were established
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Always produce offspring with the same variant of the trait as the parent.
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True breeding
