Heredity Vocab (LS C&H U2L4)
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- Q1the passing of genetic material from parent to offspring.heredity30s
- Q2segments of DNA found in chromosomes that give instructions for producing a certain characteristicgenes30s
- Q3different versions of a genealleles30s
- Q4The combination of alleles that you inherited from your parentsgenotype30s
- Q5observable traitsphenotype30s
- Q6the dominant allele (trait) contributes to the phenotype if one or two copies are present in the genotypedominant30s
- Q7The recessive allele (trait) contributes to the phenotype when 2 copies of it are presentrecessive30s
- Q8one trait is completely dominant over anothercomplete dominance30s
- Q9each allele in a heterozygous individual influences the phenotype. The result is a phenotype that is a blend of the phenotypes of the parents.incomplete dominance30s
- Q10both alleles in a heterozygous individual contribute to the phenotypecodominance30s
- Q11is a feature that has different forms in a populationcharacteristic30s
- Q12for plants that produce yellow seeds pods and green seed podstrue-breeding30s
- Q13the pollination of a flower by pollen from the same flower or from another flower on the same plant.self-pollinate30s
- Q14a genetic characteristictraits30s
- Q15Austrian monk who lived in the mid 1800s and performed the first experiments for heredity using pea plants.Gregor MendelRobert HookeRudolf VirchowCharles Darwin30s