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18 Cards in this Set
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Heredity |
The passing of physical characters characteristic from parents to offspring. |
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Each different form of a characteristic |
Trait |
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A new organism begins to form when egg and sperm join in the process |
Fertilization |
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Purebred |
Organism is the offspring of many generations that have the same trait |
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Gene |
Factors that control a trait |
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Alleles |
Different form of genes |
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Dominant alleles |
One whose trait always shows up in an organism |
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Recessive allele |
Is hidden when ever the dominant allele is present |
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Hybrid |
Organism that has two different alleles for a trait |
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Probability |
To predict the results of a particular event |
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Phenotypes |
Physical appearance visible traits |
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Genotype |
Genetic makeup |
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Homozygous |
An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait |
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Heterozygous |
An organism that has two different alleles for a trait |
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Codominace |
Inheritance pattern |
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Diploid |
Cells contain two set of chromosomes, one set from each parent |
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Messenger rna |
Copies coded message from the dna in the nucleus and carries the message the ribosomes |
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Transfer rna |
Carries amino acid to the ribosomes |
