Biology Exam 4 (Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20) Flashcards 2023

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Character - -A heritable feature that varies among individuals -True-Breeding - -Many generations of self pollinating plants produce the same variety of parent plant -Hybridization - -The mating... or crossing of two true breeders -P Generation - -Parental generation -F1 Generation - -First filial generation -F2 Generation - -Second filial generation - after F1 who self-pollinated -Alleles - -Alternative versions of genes -Dominant Allele - -Determines organisms appearance -Recessive Allele - -No noticeable effect on appearance -Law of Segregation - -Two alleles for a heritable character segregate during gamete formation and end up in different gametes -Punnett Square - -Handy diagrammatic device for predicting the allele composition of offspring -Homozygote - -Identical alleles for a gene encoding a character -Homozygous - -Called this if an organism is a homozygote -Heterozygote - -Two different alleles for a gene -Heterozygous - -Called this if an organism is a heterozygote -Phenotype - -Appearance/observable appearance -Genotype - -Genetic makeup [Show More]

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