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16 Cards in this Set
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Heredity
R.W. - Traits Example - Hair Color |
Definition - The passing on of characteristics from parents to offspring.
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Genetics
R.W. - Characteristics Example - Height |
Definition - The branch of biology that studies heredity.
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Trait
R.W. - Feature Example - Eye Color |
Definition - Characteristics that are inherited are called traits
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Gamete
R.W. - Male and Female cells Example - Sperm |
Definition - Sex cells
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Pollination
R.W. - Flower Example - Bees |
Definition - The transfer of the male pollen grains to the pistil of a flower.
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Fertilization
R.W. - Insemination Example - Birds |
Definition - The uniting of a male and female gametes
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Hybrid
R.W. - Mixture Example - Hybrid cars |
Definition - Offspring of parents that have different forms of a trait, such as tall and short height.
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Alleles
R.W. - DNA Example - Two different people |
Definition - Different gene forms
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Dominant
R.W. - Supreme Example - Leader of a pack |
Definition - Observed trait
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Recessive
R.W. - Receding Example - Receding hairline |
Definition - The trait that disappeared
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Law of Segregation
R.W. - Random Matching Example - 1960's, Black and Whites |
Definition - During fertilization, these gametes randomly pair to produce four combinations of alleles.
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Phenotype
R.W. - It looks the same no matter what Example - Kids |
Definition - The way an organism looks and behaves
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Genotype
R.W. - Can be the same or different Example - DNA |
Definition - The gene combination an organism contains
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Homozygous
R.W. - Similar Example - Twins |
Definition - A trait if its two alleles for the trait are the same.
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Heterozygous
R.W. - Traits Example - |
Definition - A trait if its two alleles for the trait differ from each other.
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Law of Independent Assortment
R.W. - Split Example - RrYy, R's and Y's will seperate |
Definition - That genes for different traits are inherited independently of each other.
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