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20 Cards in this Set
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Heredity |
Describes the way the genetic qualities you receive from your ancestors or passed on. |
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Genetics |
Branch of biology that studies heredity |
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Traits |
Characteristics that are inherited |
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Gamete |
Male and female sex cells |
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Fertilization |
The male gamete unites with the female gamete. |
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Zygote |
Resulting fertilized cell |
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Pollination |
Transfer of pollen grains from a male reproductive organ to a female reproductive organ in a plant |
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Hybrid |
Offspring of parents that have different forms of a trait |
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Allele |
Alternate gene forms |
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Dominant |
Observed trait |
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Recessive |
Trait the disappears |
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Law of segregation |
Every individual has two alleles of each gene and when gametes are produced, each gamete receives one of these alleles. |
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Phenotype |
The way an organism looks and behaves |
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Genotype |
The allele combination an organism contains. |
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Homozygous |
A trait if its two alleles for the trait are the same. |
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Heterozygous |
For a trait if its two alleles for the trait differ from each other. |
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Law of independent assortment |
genes for different traits are inherited independently of each other. |
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Meiosis |
Cell division that allows offspring to have the same number of chromosomes as their parents |
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Male gametes |
Sperm |
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Female gametes |
Eggs |
