Details Title: 10.1 and 10.2 Vocab Words Description: 10. and 10.2 vocab words and definitions Total Flash Cards: 15 Created: 12/16/2008 14:36:45		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Biology Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Trait Definition variation of a particular inherited character Term Genetics Definition study of heredity Term cross-fertilization Definition process by which sperm from one flower's pollen fertilizes the eggs in a flower of a different plant Term Hybrid Definition offspring of two different true-breeding varieties Term Monohybrid Cross Definition mating of two organisms that differ in only one character Term Allele Definition alternative form of a gene Term Homozygous Definition having identical alleles for a gene Term Heterozygous Definition having different alleles for a gene Term dominant Definition descriptive of an allele in a heterozygous individual that appears to be the only one affecting a trait Term Recessive Definition descriptive of an allele in a heterozygous individual that does not appear to affect a trait Term Punnett Square Definition diagram showing the probabilities of the possible outcomes of a genetic cross Term Phenotype Definition observable traits of an organism Term Genotype Definition genetic makeup of an organism; an organism's combination of alleles Term Testcross Definition mating of an individual of unknown genotype but dominant phenotype with a homozygous recessive individual Term Dihybrid Cross Definition mating of two organisms that differ in two characters