Chapter 11 Introduction to Genetics Flashcards

Scientific study of heredity.

Process in sexual reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells join to form a new cell.

Specific characteristic of an individual.

<p>Offspring of crosses between parents with different traits.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One of a number of different forms of a gene.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mendel's second conclusion, which states that some alleles are dominant and others are recessive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Separation of alleles during gamete formation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sex cell.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Likelihood that a particular event will occur.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Having two identical alleles for a particular gene.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Having two different alleles for a particular gene.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Physical characteristics of an organism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Genetic makeup of an organism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Diagram that can be used to predict the genotype and phenotype combinations of a genetic cross.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One of Mendel's principles that states that genes for different traits can segregate independently during the formation of gametes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Situation in which one allele is not completely dominant over another allele.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Situation in which the phenotypes produced by both alleles are completely expressed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A gene that has more than two alleles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Trait controlled by two or more genes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Term used to refer to chromosomes in which one set comes from the male parent and one set comes from the female parent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Term used to refer to a cell that contains two sets of homologous chromosomes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Term used to refer to a cell that contains only a single set of genes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Process in which the number of chromosomes per cell is cut in half through the separation of homologous chromosomes in a diploid cell.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Structure containing four chromatids that forms during meiosis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Process in which homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids during meiosis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A fertilized egg.</p> Signup and view all the answers