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9874126669Allelesalternate versions of a gene0
9874126670Law of Segregationthe 2 alleles for a heritable character seperate during gamete formation and end up in different gametes1
9874126671Testcrossbreeding an organism of unknown genotype with a recessive homozygote (pp) to discover if an unknown is PP or Pp2
9874126672Monohybrid crossheterozygous for one particular character being followed in a cross (Pp)3
9874126674Dihybrid crosscross between 2 organisms that are each heterozygous for both of the characters being followed(YyRr)4
9874126678Polygenic inheritancea single phenotypic character is affected by two or more genes no dominance Ex: skin color5
9874126684Law of independent assortmentthe alleles of two (or more) different genes get sorted into gametes independently of one another - Metaphase I6
9874126685Wild typethe phenotype for a character most commonly observed in natural populations7
9874126686Sex-linked genea gene located on either sex chromosome8
9874126689Complete dominanceheterozygous phenotype same as that of homozygous dominant9
9874126690Incomplete dominanceBlending Heterozygous phenotype intermediate between the 2 homozygous phenotypes10
9874126691CodominanceSharing BOTH phenotypes expressed in heterozygotes - blood type11
9874126692Multiple allelesin the whole population, some genes have more than two alleles - ABO blood group alleles (Ia, Ib, i)12
9874126693PleiotropyOne gene is able to affect multiple phenotypic characters - sickle cell disease - Aa --> 6 fingers, missing teeth, extra kidney, and one eye13
9874126694Epistasisthe phenotypic expression of one gene affects that of another E - depositing pigment (pigment shows up) e - pigment won't show up B - black pigment b - brown pigment14
9874126695Barr Bodyin mammalian females, one of the two X chromosome in each cell is randomly inactivated during embryonic development *The inactive X condenses into a BARR BODY If a female is heterozygous for a particular gene located on the X chromosome, she will be mosaic for that character15
9874126696Linked genesgenes located NEAR each other on the same chromosome tend to be inherited together in genetic crosses16
9874126697Crossing overprophase I Meiosis replicated chromosome pairs switch sections to produce new allele combinations17
9874126698Nondisjunctionmembers of a pair of homologous chromosomes do not move apart properly during meiosis I or sister chromatids fail to separate during meiosis II18
9874126699Aneuploidyresults from nondisjunction Offspring with this condition have an abnormal number of a particular chromosome19
9874126701Trisomichas three copies of a particular chromosome - down syndrome (trisomy 21)20
9874126704Polyploidyan organism has more that two complete sets of chromosomes - common in plants, not animals - more normal in appearance that aneuploids21
9874126706Deletionremoves a chromosomal segment22
9874126707Duplicationduplication in a chromosome repeats a segment23
9874126708Inversionan inversion reverses a segment within a chromosome24
9874126709Translocationa translocation moves a segment from one chromosome to a non-homologous chromosome25

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