Genetics chap 5 Flashcards
1
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True breeding
A
organisms that show the same traits, generation after generation
2
Q
Dominant trait
A
form of a trait that always shows up if you have an allele for it
3
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Recessive trait
A
form of a trait that appears only if something has both alleles for it
4
Q
Homozygous
A
Something that has two identical alleles of a gene
HH or hh
5
Q
Heterozygous
A
Something that has two different alleles of a gene
Hh
6
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Phenotype
A
The observable traits of an organism
7
Q
Genotype
A
an organism’s genetic information
8
Q
Cross
A
deliberate breeding so that the offspring end up with part of the genetic material from each parent to get a result
9
Q
Law of segregation
A
traits are determined by pairs of alleles that segregate during meiosis so each gamete gets an allele
10
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