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Genetics
Chapter 9
Vocabulary
*Heredity – The transmission of traits from parents to
offspring.
* Traits- a specific characteristic of an organism (Example:
Brown hair, blue eyes, multicellular)
*Characteristic- a distinguishing mark, feature or attribute
(Examples: hair color, eye color, cells)
Heredity
Heredity
Heredity
Characteristic
Trait
*Pure – Always produce offspring with that trait.
*Strain – Describes all plants pure for a species.
PURE
STRAIN
(These are 2
different types
of flu strains)
*Allele –Each of several alternative forms of a gene
~represented by letters
*Genotype-Genetic makeup of organism (you can not see
someone’s genotype)
*Phenotype- External appearance (the visible trait)
Allele
Principles of Genetics
*Principle of Dominance & Recessiveness
~One factor in a pair may mask the other, preventing it from
having an effect.
*Principle of Segregation
~Each reproductive cell receives one factor for a trait,
therefore 2 factors separate during egg & sperm formation.
*Principle of Independent Assortment
~Factors for different characteristics are distributed to
reproductive cells independently.
Which color is dominant? Which is
recessive?
What is the allele for green?
What is the allele for yellow?
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Human Traits
Punnett Squares