HEREDITY

HEREDITY THE PASSING ON OF TRAITS FROM ONE ORGANISM TO ITS OFFSPRING

GREGOR MENDEL FATHER OF GENETICS STUDIED PEA PLANTS

TRAITS CHARACTERIS-TICS OF A LIVING THING GENES

DOMINANT TRAITS TRAITS WHICH ARE EXPRESSED OR SEEN

RECESSIVE TRAIT A TRAIT WHICH IS NOT SEEN

PUREBRED WHEN GENES ARE THE SAME FOR A PARTICULAR TRAIT GENERATION AFTER GENERATION YY

HYBRID GENES THAT ARE DIFFERENT FOR A TRAIT Yy

INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE NEITHER GENE MASKS THE OTHER

GENETIC PRINCIPLES TRAITS OR CHARACTERISTICS, ARE PASSED ON FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT THE TRAITS OF AN ORGANISM ARE CONTROLLED BY GENES ORGANISMS INHERIT GENES IN PAIRS, ONE FROM EACH PARENT

CONTINUED SOME GENES ARE DOMINANT, WHEREAS OTHER GENES ARE RECESSIVE DOMINANT GENES HIDE RECESSIVE GENES WHEN BOTH ARE INHERITED SOME GENES ARE NEITHER DOMINANT NOR RECESSIVE. THESE SHOW INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE

PROBABILITY USED TO PREDICT THE RESULTS OF GENETIC CROSSES

PUNNETT SQUARE A CHART USED TO SHOW POSSIBLE GENE COMBINATIONS BETWEEN TWO ORGANISMS.

PHENOTYPE HOW SOMETHING ACTUALLY APPEARS (HAIR AND EYE COLOR

GENOTYPE THE ACTUAL GENE MAKEUP OF AN ORGANISM.

MUTATION WHEN AN ERROR OCCURS IN THE DNA WHEN IT IS COPIED. IT CAUSES CHANGES WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE HARMFUL

XX XY GENDER DETERMINATION EACH EGG PRODUCED BY FEMALES HAS 1 X CHROMOSOME. MALES PRODUCE SPERM WHICH WILL HAVE EITHER AN X OR Y CHROMOSOME. XX XY

SEX-LINKED DISORDERS A SEX LINKED GENE IS AN ALLELE ON A SEX CHROMOSOME WHICH CREATES A CONDITION.

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