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... 32. genotype- The genetic constitution of an organism with respect to a trait. For a single trait on an autosome, an individual can be homozygous for the dominant trait, heterozygous, or homozygous for the recessive trait. Yellow seeds are dominant, but yellow seeded plants could have a genotype of ...
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10.2: Dihybrid Crosses

... chromosomes that carry genetic instruction and any chromosome other than a sex chromosome; come in pairs. Sex chromosomes- Come in pairs also, but there are two types, X & Y. For humans, the Y chromosome is the “determining factor” as it determines whether or not the embryo is male or female. ...
Traits and Inheritance - Birmingham City Schools
Traits and Inheritance - Birmingham City Schools

... • In pea plants, possible phenotypes for the characteristic of flower color would be purple flowers or white flowers. • Phenotypes of humans are much more complicated than those of peas. ExampleAlbinism prevents hair, skin, and eyes from ...
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... Separation of alleles is segregation (Mendel’s principle of segregation). When gametes (sex cells) form, alleles segregate so that each gamete carries only one allele for each gene. The F2 generation gets a new combination of alleles: one from each parent. 11.2 Applying Mendel’s Principles: Lesson O ...
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7-2.5 Genetic Information is Passed from Parent to Offspring

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... These alternate forms of genes are called alleles If both alleles from each parent are the same, then it is said to be homozygous (dominant or recessive) IF they are different, then it is said to be heterozygous ...
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... •The method is claimed to capture the majority (80%) of the haplotype diversity observed within a region. •They genotyped polymorphisms in INS H19 SDF1 TCF8 and GAS2 in 418 UK families with at least 2 siblings with diagnosed type 1 diabetes. •They constructed haplotypes at CASP8 CASP10 and CFLAR of ...
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... One whose trait is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present A trait controlled by a recessive allele will only how up if the organism does not have the dominant allele  Always represented by a lower case letter ...
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Chapter 12

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CH 10 Genetics: Vocabulary terms

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... Variation Organisms within the same species vary. Some of this variation is heritable, i.e. can be passed on from the parents and some of it may be caused by the environment. Variation is often categorised as either discontinuous (discrete) or continuous, depending upon whether the variation can be ...
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... the possible alleles from one parent are written across the top. All the possible alleles from the other parent are written down the left side. The combined alleles in the boxes of the Punnett square represent all the possible combinations in the offspring ...
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Twin study



Twin studies reveal the absolute and relative importance of environmental and genetic influences on individuals in a sample. Twin research is considered a key tool in behavioral genetics and in content fields, from biology to psychology. Twin studies are part of the methods used in behavior genetics, which includes all data that are genetically informative – siblings, adoptees, pedigree data etc.Twins are a valuable source for observation because they allow the study of varying family environments (across pairs) and widely differing genetic makeup: ""identical"" or monozygotic (MZ) twins share nearly 100% of their genes, which means that most differences between the twins (such as height, susceptibility to boredom, intelligence, depression, etc.) is due to experiences that one twin has but not the other twin. ""Fraternal"" or dizygotic (DZ) twins share only about 50% of their genes. Thus powerful tests of the effects of genes can be made. Twins share many aspects of their environment (e.g., uterine environment, parenting style, education, wealth, culture, community) by virtue of being born in the same time and place. The presence of a given genetic trait in only one member of a pair of identical twins (called discordance) provides a powerful window into environmental effects.The classical twin design compares the similarity of monozygotic (identical) and dizygotic (fraternal) twins. If identical twins are considerably more similar than fraternal twins (which is found for most traits), this implicates that genes play an important role in these traits. By comparing many hundreds of families of twins, researchers can then understand more about the roles of genetic effects, shared environment, and unique environment in shaping behavior.Modern twin studies have shown that almost all traits are in part influenced by genetic differences, with some characteristics showing a strong influence (e.g. height), others an intermediate level (e.g. personality traits) and some more complex heritabilities, with evidence for different genes affecting different aspects of the trait — as in the case of autism.
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