Science Chp 5
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Warnerg Plus on February 29, 2012
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Genetics and Heredity
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The passing of traits from parents to offspring | Heredity |
| Characteristics | feature that have different forms in a population |
| self-pollinating | When a plant fertilizes itself |
| trait | a different form of a characteristic |
| Homologous chromosomes | chromosomes that carry the same set of genes |
| incomplete dominance | each allele has its own degree of influence |
| genes | Instructions for an inherited trait |
| punnett square | a diagram that shows the possible combinations of gene pairs for a given trait |
| Alleles | different forms of a gene that decides a characteristic |
| phenotype | an organism's appearance |
| homozygous (BB or bb) | A plant with either two dominant or two recessive genes |
| heterozygous (Bb) | A plant with one dominant and one recessive gene |
| Cross pollination | when a plant pollinates another kind of plant |
| Probability | the mathematical chance that something will happen |
| Genotype | formed from both inherited alleles |
| Pure Dominant: | DD |
| Pure Recessive: | dd |
| Heterozygous: | Dd |
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