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Science of heredity

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Genetics

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Alternative for of a single gene passed from generation to generation

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Allele

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Organism with two of the same alleles for a particular trait

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Homozygous

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Organism with two different alleles for a particular trait

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Heterozygous

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Genetic makeup of an individual

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Genotype

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Observable characteristics or outward expression of an allele pair

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Phenotype

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States that the members of each pair of alleles separate when gametes are formed

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Law of segregation

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Type of heterozygous organisms

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Hybrids

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States that two or more pairs of alleles segregate independently of one another during gamete formation

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Law of independent assortment

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New combination of genes produced by crossing over and independent assortment

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Genetic recombination

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Occurrence of one or more extra sets of all chromosomes in an organism

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Polyploidy

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Individual who is heterozygous for a recessive disorder

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Carrier

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Diagram that traces the inheritance of a particular trait through several generations

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Pedigree

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The heterozygous phenotype is an intermediate phenotype between the two homozygous phenotypes

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Incomplete dominance

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Both alleles are exposed in the heterozygous condition

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Codominance

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Forms of inheritance that are determined by more than two alleles

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Multiple alleles

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One allele hiding the effects of another allele

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Epistasis

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Determines an individuals gender

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Sex chromosomes

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22 pairs of chromosomes

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Autosomes

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Traits controlled by genes located on the X chromosomes

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Sex-linked traits

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Phenotypic traits that arise from the interaction of multiple pairs of genes

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Polygenic traits

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Pairs of homologous chromosomes arranged in decreasing size to produce a micrograph

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Karyotype

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Protective caps on chromosomes

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Telomeres

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Cell division during which sister chromatids fail to separate properly

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Nondisjunction

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Austrian monk born in 1822

Called the father of genetics because he was the first to study patterns of inheritance

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Gregor Mendel

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Passing of traits, or characteristics, from parents to an offspring

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Heredity

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Why Pea Plants

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  1. It’s easy to control mating (pea plants are enclosed)
  2. Easy to grow, grow fast, produce lots of offspring
  3. They come in two clearly different forms

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