Genetic Inheritance and Punnet Squares

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Inheritance

Transmission of traits from parents to offspring.

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Pangenes

Particles theorized by Aristotle in reproduction.

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Miniature Person Theory

van Leeuwenhoek's idea of sperm containing a complete individual.

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Egg Theory

de Graaf's proposal that eggs contain entire person.

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Alleles

Different versions of a gene.

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Dominant Allele

An allele that masks the effect of another.

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Recessive Allele

An allele whose effect is masked by a dominant.

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Genotype

Genetic makeup represented by letters.

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Phenotype

Physical expression of a trait.

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Homozygous

Identical alleles for a trait.

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Heterozygous

Different alleles for a trait.

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Punnet Square

Tool to predict offspring genotypes and phenotypes.

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Brown Eye Allele

Dominant allele represented by 'B'.

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Blue Eye Allele

Recessive allele represented by 'b'.

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Genotypic Ratio

Ratio of different genotypes in offspring.

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Phenotypic Ratio

Ratio of different phenotypes in offspring.

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Tongue Rolling Gene

Gene where rolling is dominant (R) and non-rolling is recessive (r).

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Homozygous Dominant

Genotype with two dominant alleles (e.g., RR).

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Homozygous Recessive

Genotype with two recessive alleles (e.g., rr).

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Hybrid

Another term for heterozygous genotype.

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Purebred

Another term for homozygous genotype.

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Darla's Genotype

Homozygous dominant for eye color.

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Dan's Genotype

Heterozygous for eye color.

<p>Heterozygous for eye color.</p>
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100% Rolling Children

Result of homozygous dominant and homozygous recessive parents.

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0% Blue Eyed Child

No chance of blue-eyed offspring from Darla and Dan.