Heredity Flashcard

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Genotype

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Refers to an organism's combination of alleles (ex. BB, Bb, bb)

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Phenotype

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The physical characteristics, or traits, of an individual organism (ex. blue eyes, brown fur, tall plant, smooth peas)

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What does it mean to cross two organisms?

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Breeding two organisms together to produce offspring with desired traits.

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What do heterozygous alleles look like?

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Hr

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What do homozygous recessive alleles look like?

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hh

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What do homozygous dominant alleles look like?

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HH

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Heredity

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Heredity is the passing of traits from one generation to the next

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A Punnett square is used to show possible _________ of a genetic cross.

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offspring

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Curly hair is an example of a __________.

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phenotype

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Ll is an example of a __________.

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genotype