Inheritance Flashcards
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Heterozygote
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Individual with different alleles for a characteristic
2
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Homozygote
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Individual with two identical alleles for a characteristic
3
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Dominant allele
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The phenotype will be apparent in the offspring even if only one of the allele is inherited
4
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Recessive
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A phenotype that will only show up in the offspring if both of the alleles coding for that characteristic are inherited
5
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Alleles
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Different forms of the same gene sometimes referred to as variants
6
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Genotype
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The genetic makeup of an individual for a particular characteristic, for example hair or eye colour
