Genetics Flashcards

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Describes a trait that covers over or dominates another form of that trait

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Dominant

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An alternate form that a genie may have for a single trait can be dominant or recessive

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Allele

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Biological and chemical methods to change the arrangement of a gene DNA to improve crop production produce large volumes of medicine and change how cells perform their normal functions

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Genetic engineering

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3
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The study of how traits are inherited through the actions of alleles

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Genetics

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4
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The genetic makeup of an organism

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Genotype

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5
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The passing of traits from parent to offspring

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Hereditary

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Describes an organisms with two different alleles for a trait

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Heterozygous

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Describes an organisms with two alleles that are the same for a trait

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Homozygous

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8
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An offspring that was given different genetics information for a trait from each parent

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Hybrid

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9
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Production of a phenotype that is intermediate between the two homozygous parents

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Incomplete dominance

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Outward physical appearance and behavior of an organism as a result of its genotype

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Phenotype

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Occurs when a group of Gene pairs acts together and produces a specific traits such as human eye color skin color or height

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Polygenic inheritance

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A tool to predict the probability of certain traits in offspring that shows the different ways alleles can combine

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Pun net square

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Describes a trait that is covered over or dominated by another form of that trait and seems to disappear

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Ressecive

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14
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An Allele inherited on a sex chromosome and that can cause human genetic disorders such as color blindness and hemophilia

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Sex-linked gene

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