Genetics Flashcards
1
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Mendel’s First Law/Law of Segregation
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genes exist in alleles and control a specific trait in an organism. organisms have two alleles. two alleles segregate during meiosis. if heterozygous product only one allele will be expressed.
2
Q
Testcross
A
diagnostic tool used to determine the genotype of an organism
3
Q
Mendel’s Second Law/Law of Independent Assortment
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the alleles of one gene sort into gametes independently of the alleles of another gene
4
Q
Drosophila melanogaster
A
fruit fly species used to research genetics
