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132899508law of independent assortmentstates that, factors for individual characteristics are distributed to gametes independent of one another
132899509geneticsstudy of hereditary
136284862hereditarythe transmission of characteristics from parents to offspring
136284863traita genetically determined variant of a characteristic
136284864pollinationpollen from anthers are transferred to the stigma of another flower
136284865self-pollinationpollination on the same flower or flower on the plant
136284866cross-pollinationpollination of two plants
136284867true-breedingpure for a trait and will always produce it
136284868p generationtrue-breeding parents
136284869f1 generationoffspring of p generation, cross pollinated
136284870f2 generationoffspring of f1 generation, self pollinated
136284871Dominantdominating factor
136284872Recessivehidde factor
136284873law of segregationa pair of factors are segregated during the formation of gametes
136284874molecular geneticsthe study of the structure and function of chromosomes and genes
136284875allelean alternate form of a gene
136284876probabilitynumber of times an event is expected to happen/ number of times an event could happen
136284877genotypic ratiothe ratio of genotypes that appear in offspring
136284878phenotypic ratioratio of offsprings phenotype
136284879testcrossan individual of unknown genotype is crossed with a homozygous recessive individual
136284880complete dominanceone allele is completely dominant over another
136284881incomplete dominancea phenotype in between the parents traits
136284882codominanceboth alleles for a gene are expressed in a heterozygous offspring

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