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| segment or piece of DNA molecule w instructions for a trait |
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| the location of a gene or a chromosome |
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| have 2 genes for each trait |
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| different forms of a single gene is called |
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~always expressed when inherited
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Only expressed in the absence of the absence of the dominant trait
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| inherited allele combination\what you get from your parents |
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| what the genotype means "physical characteristics" |
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| any chromosome of a type that is the same male and female |
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| heterozygous individual who has no apparent abnormality but can pass on an allele for a recessive inherited genetic disorder |
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| inherited patter in which both allel of a gene are equally expressed |
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| single genetic cross involving two different traits, such as flower color and plant height |
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| possessing unlike alleles for a particular trait |
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| possessing 2 identical allels for a particular trait |
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| inheritance pattern in which the offspring has an intermediate phenotype as when a red flowered plant and a white flowered plant produce pink flower offspring |
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| inheritance in which there are more than two alleles for a particular trait; each individual has only two of all possible alleles |
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| pattern o f inheritance that a trait is controlled by several allelic pairs: each dominant allele contributes to the phenotype in an addition and like manner |
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| what alleles are always expressed |
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| these allele are lower case with the first letter of the dominant trait |
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| different forms of a single gene |
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| diploid organisms have two genes foe each |
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| used pea plants to describe inheritance |
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| is a cross in which the original parents differ with regard to one trait |
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| first generation is called the |
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~states each individual has two genes for each trait
~genes segregate during the formation of gametes
~each zygote receives two genes for each trait |
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