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| the differences between individuals in a species |
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| type of variation where individuals can be put into one of two or more groups |
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| type of variation where individuals fit somewhere on a scale between two extreme values |
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| type of variation controlled by alleles of one gene (discrete) |
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| type of variation affected by more than one gene (continuous) |
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| single unit of inheritance |
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| one form of a particular gene |
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| the combination of alleles inherited |
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| the effect of the genotype on the organism’s characteristics |
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| the alleles that can mask the effect of other alleles |
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| the alleles that can be masked by other alleles |
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| genotype with both alleles the same (e.g. HH or hh) |
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| genotype with two different alleles (e.g. Hh) |
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| fertilisation is a random process |
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| the reason why predicted ratios and actual ratios of offspring in genetic crosses are rarely the same |
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