Understanding Genetics: Key Concepts in Heredity and Inheritance

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Biology - Genetics

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What term describes the process of biological inheritance?

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What is the term for a group made out of hybrids in Mendelian genetics?

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When the offspring of a plant comes from one parent, what process has occurred?

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In Mendel's experiment, what type of plant offspring looked exactly like the parents?

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What is the process called when two plants are used as parents?

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What term describes the genetic makeup of an organism, represented by a combination of two alleles?

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Which group did Mendel's true-breeding plants make up in his experiments?

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What is the scientific study of heredity called?

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How is the combination 'Bb' described in terms of allele pairing?

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What are the factors passed from one generation to the next called?

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What type of allele must be present in two copies for the trait to be expressed?

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Which group in Mendel's experiments showed the recessive trait once again?

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What are different versions of genes called?

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What is the term for having two of the same alleles in a combination?

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What type of allele is expressed if it is present?

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What is the process called that involves the separation of alleles during gamete formation?

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What term describes the physical characteristics seen as a result of the genotype?

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What is the likelihood that a particular event will occur called?

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