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19 Cards in this Set
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What is probability?
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chance of something happening or occurring.
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What is a Punnett Square and how do we use it?
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A box that we use to determine what trait a person gets from a parent(s).
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phenotype?
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Physical appearance or visible traits. Tall, short.
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genotype?
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Genetics that make up like tt or gg.
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homozygous
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Two of the same traits.tt tt purbread.
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heterozygous
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Two different traits.TT
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codominance
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Traits that are both expressed.
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what is meiosis?
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Creation of sex cells Sperm =males eggs = female ½ the chromosomes.
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Male Sex Cell
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sperm |
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women sex cell |
egg plant |
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# of chromosomes in a Normal cell ? |
46 |
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# of chromosomes in a sex cell ?
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22 |
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when a egg and sperm plant mix what does this create? |
baby |
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A large trait will be? |
Dominant and a child will most likely have that trait. |
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A two small trait will be? |
Recessive and a child will have that trait. |
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How does the mutations happen? |
when a mistake is made during the process of DNA copies itself. |
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what are chromosomes? |
nucleic acid in the form of genes. |
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what are genes? |
heredity that is passed down through family. |
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what is a alleles? |
a type of gene the appears do to mutation. |
