Unit 11: Basic Inheritance Flashcards
1
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trait
A
a physical part of your body
2
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gene
A
a region of DNA which codes for a protein
3
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allele
A
one version of a gene
4
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lower case
A
signifies a recessive allele
5
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upper case
A
signifies a dominant allele
6
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Aa
A
heterozygous
a carrier of the recessive trait
7
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AA
A
homozygous dominant
8
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aa
A
homozygous recessive
9
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genotype
A
a list of your genes
example: Aa
10
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phenotype
A
the trait you have
11
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pedigree
A
a family tree
12
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dominant
A
an allele which appears in every generation; just one of these alleles is enough to give you the trait
13
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recessive
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an allele which can skip generations; you’d need two of these alleles to have the trait.
14
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P generation
A
the parents
15
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F1 generation
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the children