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The eggs and sperm formed during gametogenesis.
Through the process of meiosis |
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| Explain how fertilization brings together homologous chromosomes |
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| Fertilization unites the gametes forming the zygote |
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| Genes of the individual for a trait |
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| Physical appearance of the individual |
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| Segments of DNA located on chromosomes |
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| Alternative forms of a gene having the same position on a pair of chromosomes and affecting the same trait. Alleles occur in pair (from mom and dad) |
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| Form of the gene that will produce the trait if one of the alleles is present on the gene pair |
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| a form of the gene that will only produce the trait if both alleles are recessive |
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| 3 conditions of allele pairs |
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Homozygous dominant- EE
Homozygous recessive- ee
Heterozygous-Ee |
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| Genetic inheritance of Huntington's disease |
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| Genetic inheritance of cystic fibrosis, tay-sachs, and sickle cell anemia |
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| When a trait controlled by several different genes and show continuous variation. Height, skin color, intelligence |
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When heterozygote is intermediate.
White x red= pink |
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When the heterozygote expresses both phenotypes fully.
White x red= white and red spotted |
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| 3 conditions on the X chromosome |
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Colorblindness: XB- normal vision, Xb colorblind
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy- wasting away of muscles
Hemophilia- blood clotting disorder |
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| Why males inherit X linked genes from mother |
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| Male always gets his X from one of his mother's two, and Y from his father |
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