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38 Cards in this Set
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Principle of segregation |
each gamete contains only one gene for each trait |
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high starch |
7 copies of gene |
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low starch |
only 5 copies of gene |
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Principle of Independent assortment |
the gene for each trait segregates independently of any other trait |
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genotype |
the genetic constiution of an individaul organism heredity |
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phenontype |
obsevred physical properties |
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Homozygous |
Genes are the same |
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Heterogyous |
genes are different |
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Locus |
certain location or place for gene |
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allele |
a member of pair of genes controlling certain trait |
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gene |
unit of heridty |
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codominace |
both genes are expressed |
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disease |
may be imporant factor influencing evlotuion of blood types |
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o allele |
more frequent than a and b in almost all human populations |
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a and b |
old world populations, a frequent in europe, b in asia |
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type a |
small pox |
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type o |
plague cholera beedling ulcers |
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rhogram |
used to desenstivtive the mother |
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sex linked traits |
gene located on x chromosone |
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holandric trait |
on y chromosne hairy |
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epistasis |
function of one gene depends on the prescnece of second |
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Epigentic inheritance |
inhertiance of traits transmitted by mechamisms not by sequence of genome |
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operon |
unit of gene found in bacteria |
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maternal effect |
something about mothers environment alters how offspring looks |
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fetal cells |
may remain in mother for years |
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genomic imprinting |
certain genes behave differently given by mom or dad |
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inbreeding |
increased homozygosity |
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outcrossing |
increased heterozygosity |
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overdominace |
hetro more superior to homo |
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average human |
300 mutations |
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diet drinks |
nurisweet is aspartame which decoposes to phenylanine |
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transpostion |
transposable elements |
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transformation |
bacterial uptake to free dna from enviornment |
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plasmid |
small ciruclar strand of dna in bacteria |
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Pcr polymerase chain reaction |
multiple copies of single gene or piece of dna |
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three step cycle |
1.dna is heated spetartes dna nucleotides breaks hydrogen bonds 2. cooled allow bonding 3. heated allow extend primers |
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short tandeem repeats |
2-5 bases highly variable repeats |
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final exam |
b |
