2820961931 | Probability | a number representing how likely it is that some future event will occur. | 0 | |
2820961932 | Heredity | the passing of traits from parents to offspring (also called inheritance). | 1 | |
2820961933 | Homologous chromosomes | chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same structure and pair during meiosis. | 2 | |
2820961934 | Gene | a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for an inherited trait. | 3 | |
2820961935 | Allele | a different version of a gene. | 4 | |
2820961936 | Trait | a characteristic of an organism that can be passed on to its offspring through its genes. | 5 | |
2820961937 | Dominant trait | a trait that is always expressed and is observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bred. | 6 | |
2820961938 | Recessive trait | a trait that is hidden by a dominant trait and reappears in the second generation when parents with different traits are bred. | 7 | |
2820961939 | True-breeding | sexually reproducing organisms that produce offspring with inherited traits identical to those of themselves (the parents). | 8 | |
2820961940 | Parent generation (P1 generation) | the starting generation in a breeding experiment. | 9 | |
2820961941 | First generation (F1 generation) | the set of offspring resulting from the breeding of the parent generation. | 10 | |
2820961942 | Second generation (F2 generation) | the set of offspring resulting from the breeding of the F1 generation. | 11 | |
2820961943 | Genetics | the branch of biology that studies heredity of traits in organisms. | 12 | |
2820961944 | Law of segregation | when sex cells (gametes) are formed, each gamete will receive one version of a gene (allele) or the other. | 13 | |
2820961945 | Genotype | the genetic makeup of an organism for a particular trait represented by two letters (alleles). | 14 | |
2820961946 | Homozygous | having identical alleles at on both chromosomes. | 15 | |
2820961947 | Heterozygous | having two different alleles on chromosomes. | 16 | |
2820961948 | Phenotype | the physical characteristic of a particular combination of alleles or genotype. | 17 | |
2820961949 | Hybrid | the offspring of parents with different traits. | 18 | |
2820961950 | Monohybrid cross | a genetic cross that evaluates one characteristic. | 19 |
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