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Heredity vocab
Character
“seed color, pod size”
Trait
form of character
purebred
always produces descendants with the same traits
Hybrid
a mix of 2 different purebreds
Dominant traits
traits that show up in first generation hybrids
Recessive traits
traits hidden in a hybrid
simple dominance
dominant trait always expressed in hybrid plant
heredity
study of the passing down of traits
genotype
potential for a phenotype
phenotype
genotype expressed physically
incomplete dominance
traits are blended
codominance
phenotypes aren’t blended, but still show up
polygenic inheritance
two or more genes in different places in a chromosome or on different chromosomes interact to control a single character
Genetic Drift
Random and Unpredictable, most felt on smaller pop. -Ratio of alleles
Adaptation
An inherited trait that helps a population survive and reproduce
Natural Selection
Variation in pop.
Variation is passed down
Variation makes offspring more likely to survive
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