Heredity Flashcards

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Heredity

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passing genetic material from parents to offspring.

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Genes

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pieces of D.N. A that give instructions for characteristics

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Allele

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different versions of the
same gene | from
mom + | from lad.

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Genotype

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alleles you get from your parents

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Dominant

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allele that is expressed when only I is present

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Phenotype

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the observable trait

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Recessive

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alleles that are expressed only when both are present

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Incomplete dominance

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both alleles blend together

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codomance

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Both alleles are expressed

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Homozygous

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both alleles are tHe same

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Heterozygous

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Both alleles are different

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