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26 Cards in this Set
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Dominant |
Expressed when two different alleles are present |
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Gamete |
Sex cells with one set of DNA to pass on to your offs pring |
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Chromosome |
Tightly coiled packages of DNA |
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Sex Chromosomes |
control the sex of an organism, X or Y |
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Autosomes |
Control all other life function |
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Homologous Chromosome |
Two chromosomes (one from mother and one from father of same size and genes) |
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Front (Term) Haploid |
Back (Definition) Have one copy of each chromosomes |
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Diploid |
Have two copies of each chromosome |
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Sexual Reproduction |
Fusion of two gametes to mix parents genetic information |
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Fertilization |
Joining of an egg and a sperm |
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Zygote |
Diploid cell resulting from joining of haploid egg and sperm |
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Meiosis |
The process that divides a diploid cell into four haploid cells |
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Traits |
Distinguishing characteristics that are invented |
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Traits |
Distinguishing characteristics that are invented |
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Genetics |
Study of how organisms inherit different variations |
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Traits |
Distinguishing characteristics that are invented |
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Genetics |
Study of how organisms inherit different variations |
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Gene |
A piece of DNA that stores instruction to make a certain protein |
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Allele |
Any of the different forms of a gene |
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Homozygous |
Two alleles of a gene are the same |
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Heterozygous |
Two alleles of a gene are different |
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Dominant |
Expressed when two different alleles are present |
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Recessive |
Expanded only when there are two copies of the allele |
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Genotype |
Set of alleles one has for a trait |
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Phenotype |
What the trait looks like |
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Genome |
All of the organisms genetic material |
