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Genetics Vocab. Flashcards

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Genetics

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Scientific study of heredity

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Heredity

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Passage of genetic information from one generation to the next

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Gregor Mendel

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The Father of Heredity

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Allele

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Different forms of a gene

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Gene

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Sequence of DNA

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Trait

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Characteristic of a organism

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Dominant Allele

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Allele whose trait always shows up in organism when allele is present

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Recessive Allele

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Allele that is hidden when a dominant one is present

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Phenotype

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Physical characteristic of an organism

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Genotype

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Genetic features on an organism

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Punnett Square

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Chart that shows possible alleles that can result during a genetic cross

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Homozygous Dominant

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Alleles that are only dominant

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Heterozygous

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Alleles that are different

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Homozygous Recessive

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Alleles that are only recessive

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Purebred

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Offspring of many generations that have the same form of a trait

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Hybrid

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Offspring that has different alleles

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Codominance

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When both alleles for a gene are expressed equally

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Incomplete Dominance

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When one allele doesn’t completely dominate over the other one

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