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| scintific study of heredity |
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| process in sexual reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells jion 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 charateristic 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 protien and thus determines a trait |
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| One of a number of different forms of a gene |
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| seperation of a allels during gamete formation |
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| specialized cell involved in sexual reprodution |
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| The likelihood of an event happening |
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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 oraganism that has two identical allels for particular triat |
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| term used to refer to an organism that has two different allels for the same trait |
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| Physical characteristics of an organism |
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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 of insect development charactized by a similar appeance throughout all stages of the life cycle |
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| situation in which both allels of a gene contribute to the phenotype of the organisim |
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| Three or more allels of the same gene |
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| A trait controlled by two or more genes |
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| term used to refer to chromosomes that each have a correspanding chromosomes from the opposite-sex parent |
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| term used 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 is cut in half through the seperstion of homologous chromosomes in a diploid cell |
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| Structure containing 4 chromatids that forms during meiosis |
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| prosses in which homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chormatids during meiosis |
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