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15 Cards in this Set
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PRA
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PROGRESSIVE RETINAL ATROPHY WHICH IS AN EYE DISORDER
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DIHYBRID CROSS
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THE RESULT FROM A MATING OF PARENTAL VARIETIES DIFFERING IN TWO CHARACTERISTICS.
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PRINCIPLES OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT
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THE HYPOTHESIS THAT EACH PAIR OF ALLELES SEGREGATES INDEPENDENTLY DURING GAMETE FORMATION.(A MENDEL PRINCIPLE)
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F1
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("F" IS FOR FILIAL which is the latin word for SON)THE HYBRID OFFSPRING OF THE "P" generation.
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P generation
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"P" FOR PARENTIAL.
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F2
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(like grandchildren) THE NEXT GENERATION.
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TESTCROSS
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A MATING BETWEEN AN INDIVIDUAL OF UNKNOWN GENOTYPE AND HOMOZYGOUS RECESSIVE INDIVIDUAL.
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PEDIGREE
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FAMILY TREE
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ACHONDROPLASIA
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A FORM OF DWARFISM.
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AMNIOCENTESIS
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A FETUS TEST FOR DISORDER AT 14-20 WKS--THE DOCTOR INSERTS NEEDLE IN MOTHERS ABDOMEN TO THE UTERUS EXTRACTING AMNIOTIC FLUID.
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CVS
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CHORIONIC VILLUS SAMPLING -TEST DONE THROUGH VAGINA AND UTERUS TO SUCTION A SAMPLE FROM THE PLACENTA.
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ULTRASOUND IMAGING
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USE OF SOUND WAVES TO PRODUCE A PICTURE OF THE FETUS.
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PLEIOTROPHY
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THE IMPACT OF A SINGLE GENE ON MORE THAN ONE CHARACTERISTIC. ex: SICKLE CELL DISEASE
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DR DAVID SATCHER
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BLACK FORMER SURGEON GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WAS A PIONEER IN PROMOTING SCREENING FOR SICKLE CELL.
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HEMOPHILLIA
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A SEX-LINKED RECESSIVE TRAIT WITH A LONG WELL-DOCUMENTED HISTORY.
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