Unit 6: How do characteristics pass from one generation to another? Flashcards
1
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Law of segregation
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law states that individuals have two alleles for a trait, but only pass one allele on to their offspring. A gamete will either have a dominant or recessive allele, but not both
2
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Law of independent assortment
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the inheritance of one pair of genes is independent of the inheritance of another pair. This means that alleles from different genes are sorted into gametes independently.
3
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Law of dominance
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when parents with contrasting traits are crossed, only one trait will appear in the next generation.
4
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What is transcription
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The process of copying a segment of DNA into RNA
