Mendelian Genetics

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  1. allele
    any of the forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus
  2. autosomal
    of or relating to an autosome
  3. dioecious
    having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals
  4. Drosophila melanogaster
    small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
  5. epistasis
    the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene
  6. genotype
    the particular alleles present in an organism
  7. homozygous
    having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci
  8. heterozygous
    having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci
  9. homozygous
    having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci
  10. hybrid
    the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock
  11. little league
    a commercially sponsored baseball league for players between 8 and 12 years of age
  12. linkage
    the act of connecting things
  13. monoecious
    having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal
  14. monohybrid cross
    hybridization using a single trait with two alleles
  15. mutation
    a change or alteration in form or qualities
  16. gene linkage
    (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)
  17. phenotype
    observable characteristics produced by genes and environment
  18. lipotropic
    having an affinity for lipids
  19. reciprocal cross
    hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
  20. sex chromosome
    a chromosome that determines the sex of an individual
  21. sex-linked
    concerning characteristics that are determined by genes carried on the sex chromosomes (on the X chromosome in particular)
  22. test-cross
    a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring
  23. dog breeding
    breeding dogs
Created on Tue Jun 22 16:43:34 EDT 2010

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