Genetics Flashcards

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It carries genetic information and gets from parent to offspring and is the basic unit of hereditary function

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Genes

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2
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Establishes the continuity of living forms

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Heredity

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the study of what genes are, how they are transmitted, and how they work.

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Genetics

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4
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Refers to the amount of similarity between parents and offspring

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Resemblance

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5
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Refers to the amount of dissimilarity

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Variation

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6
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known as the “father of modern genetics” for his discoveries on the basic principles of heredity.

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Gregor Johann Mendel

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7
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Mendel’s book that he published in 1866

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Experiments in Plant Hybridization

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8
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Who rediscovered Experiments in Plant Hybridization in 1900?

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Robert Correns, Hugo de Vries, and Erich von Tschermak

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9
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The collection of all the chromosomes of an organism is called

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genome

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10
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describes the chromosome count and morphology of an organism under the light microscope.

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karyotype

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