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| the different forms of a gene. Y and y are different allels of the gene that determines seed color |
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| a trait expressed preferentially over another trait |
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| offspring of a cross between true breeding plants, homozygous for the trait of intrest |
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| offspring of a cross involving the F1 generation |
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| the genetic constitution of an organism with respect to a trait. Yellow seeds are dominant, but yellow seeded plants could have a genotype of either YY or Yy |
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| differing alleles for a trait in an individual, such as Yy |
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| both allels for a trait are the same as an individual. They can be homozygous dominant(YY), or homozygous (yy) |
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| heterozygous; usually referring to the offspring of two true-breeding (homozygous) individuals differing in the traits of intrest |
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| croos involving parents differing in only one trait |
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| change in the DNA sequence of a gene to some new, heritable form. Generally, but now always a recessive allele |
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| the physical appearance of an organism with respect to a trait |
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| the opposite of dominant. A trait that is preferentially masked |
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| a gene coded on a sex chromosome, such as the X-chromosome linked genes of flies and man |
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