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15 Cards in this Set
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Father of Genetics
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Gregor Mendel
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Three Genetic Principles
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Dominance, Segregation, Independent Assortment
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Where are genes located?
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Chromosomes
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Piece of DNA that controls a specific trait.
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Gene
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Genetic makeup of an organism
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Genotype
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different forms of a gene
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Alleles
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When two alleles for a specific trait are the SAME.
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Homozygous
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When two alleles for a specific trait are DIFFERENT.
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Heterozygous
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Physical appearance of an organism
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Phenotype
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An allele that prevents the expression of another allele.
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Dominant
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An allele that is covered up by another allele.
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Recessive
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Group of organisms that are used to make the first cross in a breeding experiment.
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Parental generation
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The offspring from a parental cross
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First filial generation
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a cross that involves on pair of contrasting traits.
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Monohybrid
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a cross that involves two pair of contrasting traits
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dihybrid cross
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