Genetics Flashcards
1
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Three or more alternative forms of a gene
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Multiple Alleles
2
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Traits that are controlled by multiple genes instead of just one
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Polygenic traits
3
Q
Genetic characteristics determined by genes located on sex chromosome
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Sex-linked traits
4
Q
Non sex chromosomes
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Autosomes
5
Q
a chromosome involved with determining the sex of an organism (XX or XY)
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Sex chromosome
6
Q
condition in which an organism has extra sets of chromosomes
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Polyloidy
7
Q
Genetic makeup
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genotype
8
Q
How you look
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phenotype
9
Q
A diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic trait in several generations of a family
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Pedigree
10
Q
two identical alleles for a trait (AA or aa)
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Homozygous
11
Q
Two uppercase or two lowercase
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Homozygous
12
Q
Two different alleles for a trait (Aa)
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Heterozygous
13
Q
One uppercase one lowercase
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Heterozygous
14
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Forms of gene
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Allele
