Mendelian Genetics Flashcards
1
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Genetics
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The study of passing traits from parents to offspring
2
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Traits
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Characteristics of an organism
3
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Genes
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Sections of the DNA that have instructions to make a trait
4
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Alleles
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On a pair chromosomes one allele per chromosome
5
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Dominant
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The trait that will show up even if there is a recessive gene
6
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Recessive
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The trait that is masked by a dominant trait
7
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Heterozygous
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One dominant and one recessive
8
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Homozygous
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Two of the same allele
9
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Genotype
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The description of the traits in letters
10
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Phenotype
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The physical description of the trait
