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18 Cards in this Set
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Dominant trait |
Genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor |
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Egg |
Haploid sex cell formed in the female reproductive organ |
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Genetics |
Study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring |
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Heredity |
Passing of traits from parents to offspring |
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Hybrid |
Offspring of two plants or animals with different forms of the same trait |
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RECESSIVE trait |
Genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor |
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Sperm |
Haploid sex cell formed in the male reproductive organs |
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Allele |
different forms of a gene
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Codominance |
Occurs when both alleles can be observed in the offsprings genotype |
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Conclude |
To reach a logically necessary end by reasoning |
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Gene |
Section on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait |
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Genotype |
Two alleles that control the phenotype of a trait |
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Heterozygous |
Having two different alleles of a gene |
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Homozygous |
Having the same two alleles of a gene |
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Incomplete dominance |
Occurs when the offsprings phenotype is a blend of the parents phenotypes |
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Phenotype |
How a trait appears or is expressed |
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Polygenic inheritance |
Occurs when multiple genes determine the phenotype of a trait |
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Punnett square |
Model used to predict possible genotypes |