Genetics Review Flashcard

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What is the term for the passing of traits from parents to offspring?

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Heredity

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Different forms a gene may have for a trait.

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Allele

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What is the study of inheritance and variation of traits in living organisms called?

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Genetics

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Two alleles that are the same (ex: RR, pp) are called?

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Homozygous

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An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present is called?

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Recessive allele

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What is the term for an organism's genetic makeup?

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Genotype

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What is the observable physical or biochemical characteristics of an organism?

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Phenotype

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What do you call the different versions of a gene?

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Alleles

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What is the principle that states that alleles for different traits are distributed to gametes independently of one another?

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Law of Independent Assortment

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What is the term for a cross between two individuals that are heterozygous for one trait?

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Monohybrid cross