Flashcard #1 Genetic Vocab

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Tall plants are dominant, short are recessive. Homozygous recessive phenotype?

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short

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Heterozygous phenotype for tall (dominant) and short (recessive) plants?

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tall

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Homozygous dominant phenotype for red (dominant) and white (recessive) plants?

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red

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Father of genetics?

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Gregor Mendel

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Genotype refers to the possible combination of alleles in a gene.

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the possible combination of alleles in a gene

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Offspring receive how many alleles from each parent for a trait?

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one

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Identify a phenotype: BB, Bb, bb, or Blue eyes?

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Blue eyes

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Phenotype

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Physical trait

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Passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring.

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heredity

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Two identical genes for a trait (purebred).

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homozygous