Unit 2: Variation And Inheritance Booklet Wordbank Flashcards
A characteristic which can be used to divide the population into 2 or more distinct groups
Organism contains two different alleles of the same gene
A characteristic controlled by more than one type of gene
Organism contains identical alleles for a particular gene
A characteristic which varies in a species in a smooth continuous manner from one extreme to another showing a range of values
Different forms of the same gene
A cross involving the alleles of a single gene
Alleles that always shows it’s effect and masks the presence of the other form of the gene
Type of allele that is masked by the dominant form of the gene
Different generations in a monohybrid cross
The expected numbers of each type of offspring as worked out in the punnet square
The alleles present for a particular gene
The physical appearance resulting from a particular genotype
