Genetic Diagrams Flashcards
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What does heterozygous mean?
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Two alleles for the gene that are different
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What does homozygous mean?
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Two alleles for the gene that are the same
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What does dominant mean?
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Allele in pair that characteristics show
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What is genotype?
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The code for the two alleles (Bb/BB)
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what does phenotype mean?
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what the person looks like
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What does recessive mean?
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Characteristics in the pair that don’t show
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How many alleles do gametes (sperm/egg cells) have?
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