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| Gregor Mendels contribution to genetics |
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| Mendel experimented with garden pea plants and statistics to study genetics. He discovered the principle of dominance, segregation, and independent assortment. |
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| The process of self- pollinating to produce identical offspring. |
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| The process of using DNA from two different plants to produce genetically diverse offspring. |
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| Some alleles are dominant and others are recessive. |
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| An allele that maskes another allele. |
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| An allele that is hidden in the presence of another allele. |
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| When chromosomes (alleles) are separated during gamete formation (anaphase 1 of meiosis) |
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| The process by which genes for different traits segregate independently during the formation of gametes |
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| Complete(Simple) Dominance |
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| Is present when the offspring look like atleast one of the parents. |
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When heterozygous individuals show a blended intermediate phenotype.
ex. Rr= pink flowers |
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When both traits show together in an individual side by side.
ex. AB blood type |
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| Two identical alleles for a trait (TT, ttHH) |
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| Two different alleles for a trait (Tt). |
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| Different forms of a gene, code for a trait. |
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| A specific characteristic |
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| Physical characteristics. |
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| The process of passing traits from parent to offspring. |
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| The moleules found on the surface of cells that is responsible for different blood types. |
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| Universal Donor/Recipient |
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| Used to test if a genotype is heterozygous of homologous when only the phenotype is given. |
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| Structure that assorts independently during meiosis. |
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| Genes that are on the same chromosome, they can be separated during crossing over of meiosiss 1. |
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| Traits that are controlled by two or more genes. |
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