lab 6 Flashcards
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Genetics
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study of hereditary transmission and variation
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Gregor Medel
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father of genetics
3
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Genes
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sequences of DNA which code for a single protein
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Chromosomes
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very long strands of DNA containing hundreds or thousands of genes
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Mitosis
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Diploid
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Meiosis
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diploid to haploid
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Homologous Chromosomes
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two copies of chromosomes
8
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Alleles
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different forms of a gene
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Law of Segregation
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different forms of a gene(alleles) move as independent units from one generation to the next.
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Law of Independent assortment
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states that alleles for different genes segregate and group independently of each other.
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Phenotype
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Visible traits
