GEN LF Flashcards
FUNCTIONAL UNIT CHEMICALLY COMPOSED OF DNA
GENE
SUM TOTAL OF ALL THE GENES PRESENT IN AN INDIVIDUAL
GENOSOME
ANY MEMBER OF A GIVEN PAIR OF GENES
ALLELE
CONDITION CALLED WHEN THE ALLELES ARE IDENTICAL
HOMOZYGOUS
CONDITION CALLED WHEN THE ALLELES ARE NON IDENTICAL
HETEROZYGOUS
GENETIC COMPOSITION OF AN INDIVIDUAL
GENOTYPE
EXTERNAL APPEARANCE OF AN INDIVIDUAL
PHENOTYPE
INVOLVES A SINGLE PAIR OF CONTRASTING GENES
MONOHYBRID CROSS
INVOLVES THREE OR MORE PAIRS OF CONTRASTING GENES
POLYHYBRID CROSS
INVOLVES TWO PAIRS OF CONTRASTING GENES
DIHYBRID CROSS
PARENTS OF A CROSS
PARENTAL GENERATION
OFFSPRINGS OF A CROSS
FILIAL GENERATION
FIRST FILIAL GENERATION. (F1)
CHILDREN
SECOND FILIAL GENERATION (F2)
GRAND CHILDREN
MENDELIAN LAW STATING THAT FACTORS FOR A TRAIT SEGREGATE DURING GAMETIC FORMATION. (members of any given pair of genes separate so that only ONE member of the pair is transmitted by the sex cell)
LAW OF SEGREGATION
MENDELIAN LAW STATING THAT DURING FORMATION OF GAMETES MEMBERS OF ANY GIVEN PAIR KF GENES ARE DISTRIBUTED INDEPENDENTLY OF ONE ANOTHER.
LAW OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT
THE EFFECTS OF CONTRASTING GENES ARE BOTH EXPRESSED
CODOMINANCE
EXAMPLE OF CODOMINANCE
BLOOD TYPE AB
THE OFFSPRING IS A BLENDING BET THE TWO PARENTS AS WHEN A RED BULL IS MATED TO A WHITE COW
INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE
MIXTURE OF RED AND WHITE HAIR
ROAN
AN ADDITIVE EFFECT OF TWO OR MORE GENE LOCI ON A SINGLE PHENOTYPIC CHARACTER
POLYGENIC INHERITANCE
EXAMPLE OF POLYGENIC INHERITANCE
SKIN COLOR
TRAITS OR DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEX CHROMOSOMES
X LINKED TRAITS OR SEX LINKED RECESSIVE DISORDERS
EXAMPLE OF X LINKED TRAITS
RED GREEN COLOR BLINDNESS
HEMOPHILIA