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Fundamentals of Genetics: Mendel's Pea Experiment and Inheritance Patterns, Quizzes of Biology

Key terms and definitions in genetics, focusing on gregor mendel's pea experiment, phenotypes, genotypes, alleles, and inheritance patterns such as dominant, recessive, and codominant traits. Also discussed are cystic fibrosis, huntington's disease, and heritability.

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what mendel found from pea experiment
DEFINITION 1
there had to be carriers from both parents to determine
collective hereditary
TERM 2
phenotype
DEFINITION 2
physical traits of an individualappearance
TERM 3
dominant phenotype
DEFINITION 3
what is seen
TERM 4
recessive phenotype
DEFINITION 4
what is masked
TERM 5
alleles
DEFINITION 5
alternative forms of a gene-Y (dominant allele)-y (recessive
allele)
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what mendel found from pea experiment

there had to be carriers from both parents to determine collective hereditary TERM 2

phenotype

DEFINITION 2 physical traits of an individualappearance TERM 3

dominant phenotype

DEFINITION 3 what is seen TERM 4

recessive phenotype

DEFINITION 4 what is masked TERM 5

alleles

DEFINITION 5 alternative forms of a gene-Y (dominant allele)-y (recessive allele)

genotype

specific allele makeup of the individualYY, Yy, or yy TERM 7

homozygote

DEFINITION 7 an individual having two identical alleles of a particular geneYY or yy TERM 8

heterozygote

DEFINITION 8 an individual having two different alleles of a particular geneYy TERM 9

cystic fibrosis

DEFINITION 9 common recessive genetic disease causing progressive disability and oftenearlydeathparents: Rr Rroffspring: RR (non carrier) Rr (carrier) Rr (carrier) rr (affected)carriers do not show the symptoms TERM 10

punnet square

DEFINITION 10 graphic way to predict possible outcomes of a mating (cross)