Genetics and punnet squares Flashcards

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what is genetics

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Genetics is the study of the characteristics in all living things of parents are given to children by genes

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What are Alleles

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Alleles are an alternate form of a gene

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What do Alleles control

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they control the contrasting characteristics of each trait

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Alleles can either be?

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Dominant or recessive

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What is a Genotype

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The genetic makeup of an organism

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Phenotype

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The physical features / appearance of an organism

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What is homozygous

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means an organism has two identical alleles for a trait example BB (both dominant)

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what is heterozygous

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means an organism has two different alleles for a trait example Bb (dominant and recessive)

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