Genetics 2 Flashcards
Heredity
The transmission of traits from parents to offspring
Genetics
The study of the transmission of traits from parents to offspring
The 19 th century monk ________ documented the _________ _________ ___ ________
Gregor Mendel
Particulate mechanism of inheritance
P1
Parental generation
F1
First filial
F2
Second generation offspring
Principle of dominance and recessiveness
One factor in a pair may mask the other preventing it from having an effect
Genotype
The actual genetic makeup of an organism. The actual jeans that are found inside the cells
Phenotype
The outward appearance of an organization as a result of the genotype
Classification of genotypes
Homozygous: when paired genes for a trait are identical
BB bb
Heterozygous: When paired genes for a trait are not identical
Bb
Allele
I name we use for each member of a gene pair
Codomimance
Expression of both alleles at the same time
Incomplete dominance
A blending of two different alleles
Co dominance
Hello supposedly is to be expressive the same time