Inheritance key terms

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GCSE (Inheritance and Variation) Biology Fichas sobre Inheritance key terms, creado por 9arush el 15/12/2013.
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Inheritance The transmission of genetic information from generation to generation
Chromosomes Threads of DNA made up of strings of genes They come in pairs therefore DNA comes in pairs as well
Gene A length of DNA that is he unit of heredity & codes for a specific protein
Allele Two or more alternatve forms of a gene
Homozygous allele When the alleles in a matching pair are the same
Heterozygous alleles When the alleles in a matching pair are different
A dominant allele is always written as ...... A capital letter
A recessive allele is always written as............... The corresponding small letter (i.e. dominant = R so recessive = r)
Codominant alleles A pair of alleles that both show the Phenotype ( e.g Blood groups)
Genotype The alleles possessed by an organism
Phenotype The characteristics of the organism
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