8.8b Genetics Vocabulary Flashcard

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Allele

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A variation of a gene

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Codominance is a pattern of inheritance where two dominant alleles are expressed at the same time without ______.

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Blending

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A dihybrid cross is a genetic cross between two organisms that are heterozygous for how many different alleles?

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Two

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Which allele is always expressed in the trait for that gene?

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Dominant

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Genotype refers to an organism's specific ______ combination.

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Allele

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Heterozygous organisms have how many different alleles for a given genotype?

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Two

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Homozygous organisms have how many of the same alleles for a given genetic trait?

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Two

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Incomplete dominance is a pattern of inheritance where neither pair of contrasting alleles is dominant over the other, and a heterozygous organism is ______ in phenotype.

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Intermediate

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Mendelian inheritance is a pattern of inheritance discovered by whom?

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Gregor Mendel

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A monohybrid cross is a genetic cross of one trait from two different ______ organisms.

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Heterozygous