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| A process in sexual reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells join to form a new cell |
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| Scientific study of heredity |
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| Term used to descrive organisms that produce offspring identical to themselves if allowed to self-pollinate |
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| Specific characteristic 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 protein and determines a trait |
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| One of a # of different forms of a gene |
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| Seperation of alleles during gamete formation |
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| Specialized cell involved in sexual reproduction |
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| Likelyhood that a particular event that will happen |
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| Punnett ⌥ (Thats a square) |
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| A diagram showing the gene combinations that might result from a genetic cross |
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| term used to refer to chromosomes that have a corresponding chromosome from the opposite sex parent |
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| term used to refer to an organism that has two identical alleles for a particular trait |
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| term used to refer to an organism that has two different alleles for a particular trait |
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| Particular characteristics for 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 where two dominant alleles match each other and mix traits. |
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| Situation in which both alleles of a gene contribute to the phenotype |
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| Three or more allels of the same gene |
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| Trait controlled by two or more genes |
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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 in which the number of chromosomes per cell is cut in half through the separation of the homologous chromosomes in a diploid cell |
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| Diagram showing the relative locations of each known gene on a particular chromosome |
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| Structure containing 4 chromatids that forms during meiosis |
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| Process in which homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids during meiosis |
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