Flashcards
Inheritance
Cards in this deck (10)
- 1GeneA sequence of DNA that codes for a specific protein
- 2AlleleDifferent versions of the same gene
- 3DominantThe character which is always expressed (only one copy of allele needed)
- 4RecessiveTwo copies of the allele needed for it to be expressed.
- 5Dominant disorderOnly one copy needed of faulty allele to have the disorder
- 6Recessive disorderTwo copies of the faulty allele needed to have the disorder.
- 7HomozygousTwo alleles for a particular gene the same
- 8HeterozygousTwo alleles for a particular gene are different
- 9GenotypeWhat alleles you have
- 10PhenotypeThe characteristic of those alleles.