Gregor Mendel and Genetics

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What is the term for an organism with two of the same alleles?

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Homozygous

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What did Gregor Mendel study to understand genetics?

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Pea Plants

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Who was Gregor Mendel?

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An Austrian Monk from the mid 1800s who contributed to the study of Genetics.

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What is the term for an organism with two different alleles?

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Heterozygous

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What do we call an organism that carries both a dominant and recessive allele for the same trait?

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Hybrid

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What is an allele?

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An allele is a variant form of a gene that can produce different traits.

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What is the principle of segregation in genetics?

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The principle that during the formation of gametes, the two alleles for a trait separate from each other.

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What is a dominant allele?

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An allele that expresses its trait even when paired with a different allele.

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What is a recessive allele?

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An allele that only expresses its trait when paired with another recessive allele.

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What is a genotype?

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The genetic makeup of an organism, represented by the alleles it possesses.