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MCB 41 Lecture 20 (4/11)
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05/07/2007

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Homozygote
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Individual with two identical alleles or a given gene or locus.
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Heterozygote
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Individual with two different alleles of a given gene or locus
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carrier
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An individual who is heterozygous for a recessive gene.
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Independent assortment of chromosomes
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This is a consequence of meiosis. When homologous chromosomes separate, they do so randomly with respect to each other. Genetically, what this random separation amount to is that alleles on different chromosomes are inherited independently.
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Linkage
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Inherited genes located close together on chromosomes as a unit
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Mutant strain
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A family of animals or plants that has the same mutation.
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ethology
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The study of animal behavior under natural conditions. These behaviors usually involve complex inheritance patterns
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Adaptive significance of behavior
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The idea that behavior can evolve because certain behaviors help animals survive. Thus, the behaviors that help animals to survive until reproductive maturity are the behaviors that are selected for.
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Nature vs. Nurture
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Nature is biological. It is usually called genetic but actually is more complicated. It is ill defined and it is the component of intelligence that is inherited. Nurture is social. It is usually considered family background, education, socioeconomic influence. It is also ill-defined
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complementation
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a method It's figuring out if two mystery mutations you have are disrupting the same gene or two
different genes. The method is to place the two mutations in the same animal and see if the resulting phenotype is mutant or wildtype.
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behavioral phenotype
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An observable behavioral characteristic of an organism as determined by both genetic makeup and environmental influences.
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