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True Breeding | If an organism has a certain characteristic that is always passed on to it's offspring. |
Allele | One of a pair of genes that occupies the same position on homologous pairs. |
Genotype | Two-letter set that represents the alleles an organism possesses for a cetain trait. |
Phenotype | The observable expression of an organism's genes. |
Homozygous genotype | A genotype in which both alleles are identical. |
Heterozygous genotype | A genotype with two different alleles. |
Dominant allele | A allele that will determine phenotype if just one is preasent in the genotype. |
recessive allele | An allele that will not determine the phenotype unless the genotype is homozygous in that allele. |
Pedigree | A diagram that follows a particular phenotype through several generations. |
Monohybrid cross | A cross between two individuals,concentraiting on only one definable trait. |
Dihybrid cross | A cross between two individuals, concentrating on tow definable traits. |
Autosomes | Chromosomes that do not determine the sex of an individual. |
Sex chromosomes | Chromosomes that determine the sex of an individual. |
Antigen | A protein that, when introduced in the blood, triggers the production of an antibody. |
Autosomal inheritance | Inheritance of a genetic trait not on a sex chromosome. |
Genetic disease carrier | A person who is heterozygous in a recessive genetic diorder |
Sex-linked inheritance | Inheritance of a genetic trait located on the sex chromosomes. |
Mutation | A radical chemical change in one or more alleles. |
Change in chromosome structure | A situation in which a chromosome loses or gains genes during meiosis. |
Change in chromomsome number | A situation in which abnormal cellular events in meiosis lead to either none of a particular chromosome in the gamete or more than one chromosome in the gamete. |