patterns of inheritance Flashcards

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What is a gene?

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A sequence of bases in the DNA that codes for a protein results in a characteristic

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What is an allele?

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A version of a gene

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What is a genotype?

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All the allels that an organism has

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What is a phenotype?

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the characteristics of an organism has

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What is the definition of dominant?

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When only one copy is expressed

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What is co-dominance

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Both expressed neither recessive

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What’s the definition of recessive?

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Need two copies to be expressed

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What is a locus?

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Where a gene occupies in a fixed position

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What’s the definition of homozygote?

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Two copies of the same allele

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What’s the definition of a heterozygote?

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Two. Different copies of the same allele.

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What’s a carrier?

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A person who carries an allele, but it’s not expressed, however, it can still be passed to offspring

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