Heredity Flashcards

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the passing on of psychical or mental characteristics

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heredity

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2
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a trait that will appear in the offspring if one of the parents contributes it.

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Dominant Trait

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3
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the first allele is document and the 2nd allele is recessive

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Recessive Trait

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4
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is a basic physical and functional unit of heredity

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Genes

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5
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is a divergent from a gene

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Alleles

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6
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is a individual observant like height eye color and more

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Phenotype

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7
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is a individuals collection of a gene

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Genotype

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8
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is the measure of likeness

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Probability

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9
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each homologous pair comes form a mother and a father

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Homologous chromosomes

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10
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a cell division that results in four daughter each with 1/2 of the chromosomes

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Meiosis

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11
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chromosome involved in determining the sex of an oragisum

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Sex chromosomes

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12
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record of a decedent of a animal

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Pedigree

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13
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self-replicating material present in nearly all living organisms

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DNA

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14
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a compound of consisting of a nucleolus

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Nucleotide

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15
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is a polymeric molecule in packed in a various biological roles

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RNA

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16
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an action in progress

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Mutations