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16 Cards in this Set
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Genetics (1) |
the study of heredity. |
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Genetics (2) |
the way in which traits of parents are passed on to offspring |
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Gregor Mendel |
Austrian Monk considered the "Father of Herdity" |
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Differences (1) |
all differences in organisms are not caused by genetics |
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Differences (2) |
some are caused by the environment |
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Differences (3) |
the conditions under which the animals are raised |
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Dominant Traits |
Dominant traits are characteristics that people see you have |
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Dominant Genes |
capital letters |
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Recessive Traits |
Recessive traits are characteristics that you have which people cannot see |
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Recessive Genes |
lower case letters |
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Phenotypes |
The external appearance of an organism |
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Genotypes |
the genetic makeup of an organism |
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Purebreed |
An organism that has either both dominant or both recessive genes - homozygous Example: TT or tt |
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Hybrid |
An organism with 1 dominant factor and 1 recessive factor - Heterozygous (example: Tt |
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Incomplete Dominance (1) |
A form of intermediate inheritance in which one allele for a specific train is not completely dominant over the other allele. This results in a combined phenotype. |
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Incomplete Dominance (2) |
example: When crossing red and white gives you pink |
