Genetics Vocab
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- Q1sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait;gene30s
- Q2Different forms of a geneallele30s
- Q3An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present.dominant allele30s
- Q4An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is presentrecessive allele30s
- Q5An organism that has two identical alleles for a traitHomozygous30s
- Q6An organism that has two different alleles for a traitHeterozygous30s
- Q7genetic makeup of an organismgenotype30s
- Q8An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits.phenotype30s
- Q9offspring that are genetically identical to each other and to their parent and are homozygous for their traitstrue-breeding offspring30s
- Q10first law of heredity stating that pairs of alleles for a trait separate when gametes are formedlaw of segregation30s
- Q11the law that states that genes separate independently of one another in meiosislaw of independent assortment30s
- Q12A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic crossPunnett Square30s
- Q13likelihood that a particular event will occurprobability30s
- Q14Situation in which one allele is not completely dominant over another alleleincomplete dominance30s
- Q15A condition in which neither of two alleles of a gene is dominant or recessive.codominance30s