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16 Cards in this Set
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Character |
A recognizable inherited feature or characteristic of an organism |
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Trait |
A genetically determined characteristic |
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Hybrid |
The offspring of a cross between parents that have differing traits |
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Generation |
The entire group of offspring produced by a given group of parents |
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Allele |
One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic |
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Dominant |
Describes an allele that is fully expressed whenever the allele is present in an individual |
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Reccessive |
Describes an allele that is expressed only when no dominant allele is present in an individual |
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Genotype |
The genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits |
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Phenotype |
The observable constitution of an organism |
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Homozygous |
Having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics |
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Heterozygous |
Different in kind; unlike; incongruous |
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Punnett Square |
A type of grid used to show the gametes of each parent and their possible offspring |
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Probability |
The quality or fact of being probable |
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Pedigree |
An ancestral line; line of descent; l ineage; ancestry |
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Genetic Disorder |
A disease or condition caused by an absent ordefective gene or by a chromosomal aberration |
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Linked |
(of a gene) exhibiting |
