Genetics

scientific study of heredity

process in sexual reproduction in which male and femaale reproductive cells join to form a new cell

term used to describe oranisms that produce offspring identical to themselves if allowed to self-polinate

specific characteristics that varies from one individual to another

offspring of crosses between parents with different traits

sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines

alternative form that a single gene may have for a particular trait

a haploid sex cell, formed during meiois, that can combine with another haploid sex cell and produce a diploid fertolized egg

likelihood that a(n) event/result will occur

organism with two of the same alleles for a specific trait

organism with twon different alleles for a specific trait

observable characteristic that is expressed as a result of an allele pair.

an organism's allele pairs

genes for different traits can segregate independently during the formation of gametes

complex in heritance pattern in which the heterozygous phenotype is intermediate between those of the 2 homozygous parent organisms

complex inheritance pattern that occurs when neither allele is dominant and both alleles are expressed

having more than two alleles for a specific trait

characteristics, such as eye color or skin color, that results from the interaction of multiple gene pairs

one of two paired chromosomes, one from each parent, that carries genes for a specific trait at the same location

having 2 copies of each chromosome

cell with half the number of chromosomes as a diploid cell

reduction division process, occuring only in reproductive cells, in which one diploid cell produces 4 haploid cells that are not genetically identical

exchange of chromosal segments between a pair of homologous chromosomes during prophase I of meiosis