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| the field of biology devoted to understanding how characteristics are transmitted from parent to offspring |
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| the transmission of characteristics from parent |
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| a genetically determined variant of a characteristic |
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| when pollen grains produced in the male reproductive parts of a flower are transferred to the female reproductive parts of a flower |
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| pollen transferred to the same flower or a flower on the same plant |
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| pollination between flowers of two plants |
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| when a plant keeps a certain trait through self-pollination |
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| the first filial generation ; offspring of the P generation |
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| the second filial generation |
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| masked the other trait in the pair |
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| a trait that doesn't appear in the F1 generation but reappears in the F2 generation |
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| a pair of factors in separated during the formation of gametes |
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| law of independent assortment |
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| factors separate independently of one another during the formation of gametes |
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| the study of the structure and function of chromosomes and genes |
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| each of two or more a;ternative forms of a gene |
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| an organism's genetic makeup |
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| when both alleles are alike |
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| when the two alleles are different |
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| the likelihood that a specific event will occur |
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| a cross in which only one characteristic is tracked |
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| a diagram used to predict eh probable distribution of inhertied traits in the offspring |
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| the ratio of the genotypes that appear in offspring |
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| the ratio of the offspring's phenotypes |
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| the crossing of an individual of unknown genotype with a homozygous recessive individual to determine the unknown genotype |
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| one allele is completely dominant over the other |
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| the phenotype of a heterozygote is intermediate between the phenotypes determined by the dominant and recessive traits |
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| both alleles for a gene are expressed in a heterozygous offspring |
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| a cross in which twi characteristics are tracked |
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