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Probability |
Likelihood that a particular event will occur |
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Punnet Square |
A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross |
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Homozygous |
An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait |
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Heterozygous |
An organism that has two different alleles for a trait |
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Phenotype |
An organisms physical appearance or visible traits |
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Genotype |
An organisms genetic makeup or allele combination |
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Independent Assortment |
Independent segregation of genes during the formation of gametes |
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Incomplete Dominance |
A pattern of inheritance in which two allies inherited from the parents are neither dominant nor recessive. The resulting offspring have a phenotype that is a blending of the parental traits. |
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Multiple Alleles |
A gene that has more than two alleles |
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Polygenic Traits |
Trait controlled by two or more genes |
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Homologous |
Chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same structure |
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Diploid |
An organsim or cell having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number |
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Haploid |
An organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes |
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Zygote |
Diploid cell formed when a sperm fertilizes an egg |
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Meiosis |
Cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms |
