Inheritance Flashcards

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What is a Phenotype?

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The physical characteristics possessed by an organism.

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What is True Breeding?

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When only one phenotype appears in every generation.

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What is an Allele?

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An allele is when each gene can exist in a number if different forms. There can be both dominant and recessive alleles.

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What a genotype?

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The type of alleles present in an organism is known as a genotype.

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What is the monohybrid cross?

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Looking at a single characteristic to see how it is passed from generations to generations.

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INFO (TURN CARD OVER)

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Genotype + Enviroment -> Phenotype

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