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12 Cards in this Set
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in __________ neither allele is dominant |
incomplete dominance |
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The phenotype produced is __________ between 2 homozygous parents |
combined |
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multiple alleles |
more than 2 alleles that control a trait |
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polygenic inheritance |
a group of gene pairs act together to produce a trait which creates more variety in pehnotypes |
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mutations |
genes that are altared or copied incorrectly |
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downsyndrome |
results when a person has and extra copy of the number 21 chromosome or trisomy 21 |
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when both parents have a faulty recessive allele and pass it on to their parents |
recessive genetic disorders |
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xx and xy |
female and male |
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difference between a pedigree and a punett square |
pedigree- traces a trait through a family
punett square- shows the probability of a trait |
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genetic engineering |
changing the arrangement of DNA that makes up a gene |
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recombinant DNA |
insertion of a useful segment into a bacterium |
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gene transfer |
a normal allele is placed into a virus which delivers the normal allele when it infects it's target cell |
