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Mendelian Genetics
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Biology
10th Grade
11/23/2009

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What are the 7 traits of a pea plant?
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height, position, pod color, pod shape, seed color, seed shape, seed coat color
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What are Gametes?
Definition
sex cells
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What is fertilization?
Definition
a combination of male and female gametes to produce offspring
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What are Somatic cells?
Definition
regular body cells
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What is a hybrid?
Definition
the offspring of two true-breeding plants with different traits
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What is a trait?
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a specific characteristic (such as height or color) that varies from one individual to another
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What is true-breeding?
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Plants that, if allowed to self-pollinate, would produce offspring identical to themselves
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What is an allele?
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a version of a trait
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What is the principle of dominance?
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some alleles are dominant and others are recessive (ex: tall is dominant, short is recessive)
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