Biology Chapter 11 2
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- VOCAB : The scientific study of heredity
- Genetics
- VOCAB : When male and female reproductive cells join
- Fertilization
- VOCAB : If they were allowed to self-pollinate, they would produce offspring identical to themselves. [ they would be .. ]
- True - breeding
- VOCAB : a specific characteristic, such as seed color or plant height, that varies from one individual to another.
- Trait
- VOCAB : The offspring of crosses between parents with different traits
- Hybrids
- VOCAB : Chemical factors that determine traits
- Genes
- VOCAB : Different forms of a gene
- alleles
- What does the principle of dominance state?
- That some alleles are dominant and others are recessive
- VOCAB : seperation
- segregation
- VOCAB : sex cells
- gametes
- VOCAB : the likelihood that a particular event will occur
- probability
- The principles of probablity can be used to predict the outcomes of ____ ____
- genetic crosses
- VOCAB : organisms that have two identical alleles for a particular trait
- homozygous
- VOCAB : organisms that have two different alleles for the same trait
- heterozygous
- VOCAB : physical characteristics
- phenotype