Key Inheritance Terms Flashcards
1
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Heterozygous
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When an individual has two of the same alleles
2
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Homozygous
A
When an individual has two different alleles
3
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Dominant
A
A dominant allele causes the characteristic and also masks the effect of the recessive allele
4
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Recessive
A
Does not cause the charecteristics
5
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Allele
A
A single gene that controls charecteristics
6
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Genotype
A
Genetic constitution of a single individual
7
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Phenotype
A
Characteristics caused by genotype
8
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Gametes
A
The two alleles of a genotype
9
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Genome
A
Entire genetic material of an organism
