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genetics - ANSWERstudy of patterns of inheritance
Mendel studied inheritance of traits in - ANSWERpea plants
Mendel found that plants pass distinct "factors" to offspring. This is now called -
ANSWERgenes on chromosomes
diploid - ANSWER2 copies of that gene
haploid - ANSWERAn organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes.
phenotype - ANSWERAn organism's physical appearance, or visible traits; may include
physical characteristics, microscopic, or metabolic characteristics
genotype - ANSWERalleles carried by chromosomes that are responsible for a given
trait; genes that code for proteins make the pigments
capital letter - ANSWERdominant allele
lowercase letter - ANSWERrecessive allele
dominant - ANSWERallele that will mask expression of alternate (recessive) allele,
when both are present in a given organism
in a cross between true breeding lines of a black and chocolate lab, all of the offspring
are black. therefore, - ANSWERblack is dominant to chocolate, and chocolate is
recessive to black
homozygous - ANSWER2 alleles are the same (AA, aa)
heterozygous - ANSWER2 alleles are different (Aa)
FF is an example of what type of gene? - ANSWERhomozygous dominant
Ff is an example of what type of gene? - ANSWERheterozygous
ff is an example of what type of gene? - ANSWERhomozygous recessive
Pedigrees for Autosomal Disorders - ANSWERneither parent has disorder but child
does; males are square; females are circles