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15 Cards in this Set
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Two alleles that are exactly the same and both code for the dominant trait
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homozygous dominant
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When two pure-breeding individuals with different alleles are crossed and the resulting offspring show an intermediate phenotype.
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Incomplete Dominance
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Any two alleles that are exactly the same
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homozygous
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An individual that is heterozygous and carries one recessive gene for a trait
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carrier
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A technique used to pair chromosomes to check for an abnormal number
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karyotyping
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An individual that has a disorder
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affected individual
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When two pure-breeding individuals with different alleles are crossed and the resulting offspring show the traits of both parents
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Co-dominance
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Traits that are controlled by more than one gene such as skin color
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polygenic inheritance
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Two alleles that are identical and code for a recessive trait
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homozygous recessive
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A type of inheritance where there are more than 2 alleles in a population.
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multiple alleles
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When an alleles is located on the X or Y chromosome
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sex-linked
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When the two alleles in an individual are not identical
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heterozygote
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All of the chromosomes except the sex-chromosomes
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autosomes
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A disorder that is caused by a set of 3 chromosomes rather than a pair.
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trisomy
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The way that a disorder is passed from parents to offspring
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mode of inheritance
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