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11 Cards in this Set
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Character
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a recognizable inherited feature or characteristic
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Hybrid
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the offspring of a cross between parents with contrasting traits
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Generation
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The entire group of offspring produced by a given group of parents
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Allele
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One of 2 or more alternative forms of a gene, each leading to a unique trait
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Pedigree
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A diagram that shows the occurance of a genetic trait in several generations of a family
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Polygenic
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Character that is influenced by 1 or more genes
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Codominance
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A condition in which both alleles for a gene are fully expressed
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Linked
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In genetics, 2 or more genes that tend to be inherited together
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The first grou[ of parents that are crossed in a breeding experiment is called the ________ generation
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Law of Segregation
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the separation of alleles into different gametes during meiosis, such that each gamete controls only one allele for each trait
or states that offspring receive one copy of an allele from each parent |
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Law of Independent Assortment
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states that allele pairs separate independently during the formation of gametes.
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