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Biology 101

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F2
the immediate progeny of a mating between members of the F1 genetation
particulate theory
genes are physical entities that retain their identities after fertilization
test cross
mating of a dominant-phenotype individual with a homozygous-recessive individual
wild-type
standard or reference type.
dihybrid cross
a mating in which the parents differ with respect to the alleles of two loci of interest
epistasis
interaction between genes in which the presence of a particular allele of one gene determines whether another gene will be expressed
allele
the alternate forms of genetic character found at a given locus
recipricol crosses
a pair of matings in one of which a female of genotype A mates with a male of genotype B and in the other of which a female of genotype B mates with a male of geotype A
punnet square
a method of prediction the results of a genetic cross by arranging the gametes of each parent at the edges of a sqaure
independent assortment
during meiosis, te random seperation of genes carried on nonhomologous chromosomes.
Mendel's Second law is called
Law of Independent Assortment
Carrier
a person heterozygous for a recessive trait
inbreeding
breeding among close relatives
F1
first filial generation
sex linkage
the pattern of inheritance characteristic of genes located on the sex chromosomes of organisms that having a chromosomal mechanism for sex determination
gene
a unit of heredity. used here as a unit of genetic function which carries the information for a single polypeptide or RNA
penetrance
of a genotype, the proportion of individuals with that genotype who show the expected phenotype
hemizygous
in a diploid organism, having only one allele for a given trait, typically the case for X-linked genes in male mammals and Z-linked genes in female birds
What does F2 stand for
Second filial generation
hertiable
genetically influenced traits
secondary sex determination
formation of nongametic features of sex, such as external organs and body hair
genome
all the genes in a complete haploid set of chromosomes
adenine
a nitrogen-containing base found in nucleic acis, ATP, NAD and other compounds
map unit
the distance between two genes, a recombinant frequency of 0.01
sex chromosome
in organisms with chromosomal mechanism of sex determination, one of the chromosomes involved in sex determination
polymorphic
referring to a gene whose most frequent allele in a population is present less than 99% of the time
heterosis
situation in which heterozygous genotypes are superior to homozygous genotypes with respect to growth, survival, or fertility.
primary sex determination
genetic determination of a gametic sex, male or female
Locus
a specific location on a chroosome
whats another name for heterosis
hybrid vigor
autosome
any chromosome (in eukaryotes) other than a sex chromosome
recessive
an allele that does not determine phenotype in the presence of a dominant allele
heterozygous
having different alleles of a given gene on both homologous chromosomes
true-breeding
a genetic cross in which the same result occurs every time with the respect to the traist under consideration due to homozygous parents
pedigree
the pattern of transmission of a genetic trait withint a family
codominance
a condition in which two alleles at a locus produce different phenotypic effects and both effects appear heterozygotes
trait
one form of a character. example eye color
monohybrid cross
a mating in which the parents differ with respect to the alleles of only one locus of interest
incomplete dominance
condition in which the heterozygous phenotype is intermediate between the two homozygous phenotypes
recombinant
an individual, meiotic product, or single chromosome in which genetic materials originally present in two individuals end up in the same haploid complement of genes.
What is F1
the immediade progeny of parental (P) mating
phenotype
the overservable properties of an individual resulting from both genetic and environmental factors
genotype
an exact description of the genetic constitution of an individual, either with respec to a single trait or with respect to a larger set of traits
mutation
a detectable, hertiable change in the genetic material not caused by recombination
recombinant frequency
the proportion of offspring of a genetic cross that have phenotypes different from the parental phenotypes due to crossing over between linked genes during gamete formation
genetic map
the positions of genese along a chromosome as revealed by recombination frequencies
expressivity
the degree to which the presence of a particular allele of one gene determines whether another gene will be expressed
Segregation
separation of alleles, or of homologous chromosomes, from each other durnig meiosis so that each of the haploid daughter nuclei produced contains one or othe other member of the paior found in the diploid parent cell but never both.

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