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| Scientific study of heredity |
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| Process in sexual reproduction in which male and femlae reproduce cells join to form a new cell |
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| Term used to describe organisms that produce offspring identical to themselves if allowed to self-pollinate |
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| Specific characteristics that varies from one individual to another |
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| Offspring of crosses between parents with different traits |
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| Sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus detemines a trait |
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| One of a number of different forms of a gene |
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| Separtion of allels during gamete formation |
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| Likelihood that a particular event will occur |
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| Diagram showing the gene combinations that might result from a genetic cross |
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| Term used to refer to an organism that has two indentical alleles for a particular trait |
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| Term used to refer to an organism that has two different alleles for the same trait. |
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| Physical characteristics of an organism |
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| Specialized cell involved in sexual reproduction |
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| Genetic makeup of an organism |
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| Independent segregation of genes during the formation of gametes |
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| Situation in which one allele is not completely dominant over another |
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| Situation in which both alleles of a gene contribute to the phenotype of the organism |
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| Three or more alleles f the same gene |
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| Trait controlled by two or more genes |
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| Term used to refer to chromosomes that each have a corresponding chromosome from the opposite sex parent |
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| Term to refer to a cell that contains both sets of homologous chromosomes |
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| term used to refer to a cell that contains only a single set of chromosomes and therefore only a single set of genes. |
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| process by which the number of chromosomes per cell id cut in half through the seperation of homologus. |
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| stucture containing 4 chromaticls that forms during meiosis. |
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| Process in which homologus chromosomes exchange portions of thier chromatids during meiosis |
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| Diagram showing the realative locations of each known gene on a particular chromosome |
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