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Genetics |
It is the branch of biology that study how traits are passed from parent to off spring |
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Gene |
It is the unit of heredity |
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Genotype |
It is the pair of genes or alleles for a particular trait of an organism |
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Heterozygous |
An individual bearing different alleles are known as |
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Homozygous |
An individual carrying two identical alleles |
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Dominant |
The allele hides or mask the appearance of the recessive traits |
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Recessive |
A allele does not produce a trait at all when one copy is present |
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Phenotype |
Refers to the observable and measurable traits of an organism |
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Gregor Mendel |
Pinoneered the study of genetics |
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Punnet square |
It is a simple way to determine the possible combinations of genes in a given square |
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Reginald C. Punnet |
Is the one who devised the punnet square |
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Law of independent assortment |
This law states that the distribution or assortment of one pair of genes is independent of the distribution of the other pair |
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Law of dominance |
This law states that the dominant allele can mask or hide the recessive allele |
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Law of segregation |
This law states that the two alleles for each trait segregate, or seperate |
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Allele |
Is a variant of particular gene Are the alternative version of gene |
