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| one of the alt. forms of a gene that governs a charactistic |
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| the tip of a stamen, which contains the pollen sacs where grain forms |
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| a reproductive process in which pollen from one plant is transferred to the stigma in another plant |
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| allele that is fully expressed when carried by only one of a pair of homologous chromosomes |
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| the first generation of offspring from an experimental cross of two organisms |
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| the offspring from the F1 generation |
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| the science of heredity and of the mechanisms by which traits are passed from parent to offspring |
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| the passing of genetic traits from one offspring to the next |
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| law of independent assort. |
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| the law that states that genes seperate independently from one another in meiosis |
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| the pairs of homologous chromosomes seperate in meiosis so only one chromosomes from each pair is present in each gamete |
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| the study of the structure of neuleic acids and the function and regulation of genes |
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| parental generation, the first two individuals that mate in a genetic cross |
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| the transfer of pollen from the anthers to the pistil of a flower in angiosperms or the ovule in gynosperms |
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| the one of a pair of alt. alleles whose effect is masked |
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| cross between a dominant phenotyped organism and an organism with a recessive phenotype |
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| transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma of the same plant |
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| part of the pistil of a plant that recieves pollen |
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| group of organisms of the same species, having distinctive characteristics but not usually considered a seperate breed |
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| a genetically determined characteristic or condition |
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| of or relating to an equal degree of dominace of two genes, both being expressed in the phenotype |
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| when one gene totally masks the other gene of the phenotype |
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| the offspring of parents differing in two specific pairs of genes |
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| the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with referance to a single trait, or more traits |
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| proportion of genotypes found in individuals after a cross |
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| having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristics |
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| having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics |
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| a heterozygous condition in which both alleles at a gene locus are partially expressed |
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| the offspring of individuals that differ with respect to a particular gene type |
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| the observable constitution of an organism |
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| ration showing the varied outcomes that comes from a genetic cross |
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| the likelyhood that a given event will occur |
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| a diagram that is used to predict the outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment |
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