Genetics Flashcards
Heredity
The passing of traits form parents to a offspring
Genetics
The study of traits are passed
Gregor Mendel
Known as the father of genetics. He disputed the idea that offsprings are just a mix of the two parents
Self-pollination vs cross pollination
Self-when pollen from one plant land on a pistol cross
True breeding
When this type of plant cell pollinates,it always produces a offspring with traits that match with the parent
Dominant trait
A genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor
Recessive trait
A genetic factor that is blocked by the pressure of a dominant factor
Chromosomes
A nucleus that contains thread like structures
Gene
A section on a chromosome that has genetic info for one trait
Alleles
Different forms of a gene
Phenotype
Geneticists call how to trait, appears or is expressed
Genotype
The two alleles that control the phenotype of a trait
Homozygous genotype
When two alleles of gene are the same
Heterozygous genotype
When two alleles of a gene are different
Incomplete dominance
When the offspring’s phenotype is a combination of the parents phenotype