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Unit 3 list 3 DNA and hereditary Flashcards

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Cellular division

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Single cells split to make daughter cells

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Egg cell

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A female reproductive cell

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Epigenetic

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How the environment influences our genes

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Fertilization

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Combining male sperm with female egg

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Genome

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Haploid set of chromosomes

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Inherited traits

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A genetically determined characteristic

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Multicellular organism

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An organism with multiple cells

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Sexual reproduction

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Production of new organisms by the combination of genetic information from two different sexes

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Sperm cell

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A male reproductive cell

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Autosomal

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A non sex chromosome

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Complete dominance

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Where the dominant allele masks the recessive one

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Dihybrid cross

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Breeding experiment of identical hybrids for two traits

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F1 (first filial)

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The first file generation seeds

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F2 (second filial)

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Series of crosses with two specific parents

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Genotype

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The genetic makeup of an organism

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Genotypic ratio

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Amount of times a genotype would appear in an offspring after test cross

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Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

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Genetic variation that stays constant in a population

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Hardy-Weinberg

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The genetic variation in a population

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Incomplete dominance

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When alleles do not cover the recessive one

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Monohybrid cross

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A breeding experiment where parents differ in one genetically determined trait

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P (parental) generation

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The first set of parents crossed

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Phenotype

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A individuals observable traits

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Phenotypic ratio

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A ratio comparing out comes of an organism based on physical appearance

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Polygenic inheritance

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Inheritance of a trait governed by one or more genes

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Population

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A group of individuals of the same species

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Ratio

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The amount of something

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Variation

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The different types of things

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