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| The scientific study of heredity |
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| if allowed to self-pollinate, they would produce offspring identical to themselves |
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| a specific characteristic such as seed color or plant height that varies from one individual to another |
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| the offspring of crosses between parents with different traits |
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| chemical factor that determines traits |
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| different forms of a gene |
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| the likelihood that an even will occur |
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| a diagram that can determine the gene combinations that might result from a genetic cross |
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| organisms that have 2 identical alleles for a particular trait- TT or tt |
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| organisms that have 2 different alleles for the same trait |
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| independent segregation of genes during the formations of gametes |
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| cases in which one allele is not completely dominant over another |
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| both alleles contribute to the phenotype of the organism |
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| genes with more than 2 alleles |
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| traits controlled by 2 or more genes |
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| chromosomes that each have a corresponding chromosome from the opposite sex parent |
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| a cell that contains both sets of homologous chromosomes |
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| a cell that contains only a single set of chromosomes & therefore only a single set of genes |
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| process of reduction division in which the # of chromosomes per cell is cut in half through the separation of homologous chromosomes in a diploid cell |
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| structure containing 4 chromatids |
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| as homologous chromosomes pair up & form tetrads in meiosis I, they may exchange portions of their chromatids in this process |
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| diagram showing the relative locations of each known gene on a particular chromosome |
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