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| these are characteristics that we each have in our bodies. Each gene codes for this. |
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| the variation of a particular trait. they are the alternative forms of a gene. these can be called the flavor of the trait |
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| A unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring |
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| the genetic make up of an organism. |
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| the physical appearance of an organism. |
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| alleles that cover up the others. represents a capital letter. |
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| alleles that are covered by the dominant allele. represented by the lower case letter. |
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| when two alleles are the same or identical for a gene. |
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| when two alleles are different for a gene. |
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| the passing on of traits. |
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| traits from parents to offspring. |
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| The father of genetics. a monk in austria who wasput in charge for running a garden. he studied statistics. when studying pea plants, he had an idea that parents pass genes to their offspring. he controlled the matingof plants with certain traits that were the same or opposite. he cam out with plants thatwere pure for seven different traits. when he mated the plants with opposite traits that were siblings, he came out with a 3 to 1 ratio with the f2 generation with 3/4 short plants and 1/4 small plants. |
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| principle of dominant and recessive alleles |
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| one gene will mask or cover up the other. the dominant factor will cover the recessive. |
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| allels are separated during meiosis and they are combined with another allele to make a dominant or recessive allele. |
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| principle of independent assortment |
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| pairs of alleles are not connected and alleles are independent and notrelated to each other whatsoever. |
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