Mendelian & Non Mendelian Genetics

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Passing on traits from parents to offspring

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Heredity

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Recessive alleles are represented by a(n)

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lower case letter

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An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present.

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recessive allele

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The genotype for a heterozygous green plant is represented as...

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Gg

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The Italian monk/scientist who first showed the principles of genetics is...

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Gregor Mendel

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The physical expression of a trait is known as...

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Phenotype

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The genetic makeup of an organism is referred to as...

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Genotype

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A cross between two individuals that examines one trait is called a...

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Monohybrid cross

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A cross that examines two traits simultaneously is known as a...

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Dihybrid cross

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The principle stating that alleles for different traits are distributed to gametes independently is called...

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Law of Independent Assortment