Transcript Vocabulary Review

Vocabulary Review
GENETICS
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Study of how characteristics
are transmitted from parent
to offspring
GENETICS
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The father of genetics
GREGOR MENDEL
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Physical feature determined
by the genotype
PHENOTYPE
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Plant used by Mendel for his
hereditary studies
GARDEN PEAS
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Transmission of
characteristics from parent
to offspring
HEREDITY
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A genetically determined
characteristic
TRAIT
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Stronger of two alleles that
shows up most often
DOMINANT
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Having identical alleles (AA or
aa)
HOMOZYGOUS
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Another term for a
heterozygous genotype
HYBRID
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Law stating that a pair of
alleles will separate whenever
gametes are formed
LAW OF
SEGREGATION
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A genotype having one
dominant and one recessive
allele
HETEROZYGOUS
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Law stating that alleles
separate independently of
each other when sperm and
eggs are formed
LAW OF INDEPENDENT
ASSORTMENT
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Two forms of a gene
ALLELES
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Instructions on DNA that
code for specific proteins or
traits
GENES
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The weaker of two alleles in a
pair that is often masked by
the dominant allele
RECESSIVE
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Gene combination in the
offspring
GENOTYPE
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Dominance that occurs
whenever both alleles for a
trait are expressed
CODOMINANCE
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Type of letter used to
represent a dominant allele
CAPITAL
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The likelihood that an event
will occur like tossing heads
or tails on a coin
PROBABILITY
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Cross involving two traits
DIHYBRID
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Dominance that occurs
whenever the hybrid genotype
produces a new, intermediate
phenotype
INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE
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Used to solve genetics
problems
PUNNETT SQUARE
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Genetic cross involving a
single trait
MONOHYBRID
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Type of dominance in which
the dominant allele is always
expressed
COMPLETE
DOMINANCE
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