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Gene |
a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring. |
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Allele |
one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome. |
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trait heredity |
is the passing of phenotype traits from parents to their offspring, either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction. |
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Law of Segregation |
stating that during the production of gametes the two copies of each hereditary factor segregate so that offspring acquire one factor from each parent. |
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Law of Independent Assortment |
stating that when two or more characteristics are inherited, individual hereditary factors assort independently during gamete production, giving different traits an equal opportunity of occurring together. |
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Incomplete dominance |
occurs when the phenotype of the heterozygous genotype is distinct from and often intermediate to the phenotypes of the homozygous genotypes. |
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pedigree chart |
is a diagram that shows the occurrence and appearance or phenotypes of a particular gene or organism and its ancestors from one generation to the next, most commonly humans, show dogs, and race horses. |
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gamete |
a mature haploid male or female germ cell that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote. |
