Chapter 9 Vocab

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A chromosome that determines whether an individual is male or female.

The mating between an individual of unknown genotype for a particular characteristic and an individual that is homozygous recessive for the same characteristic.

A family genetic tree representing the occurrence of heritable traits in parents and offspring across a number of generations.

A general rule in inheritance that individuals have 2 alleles for each gene and that when gametes form, the 2 alleles separate, each resulting gamete ending up with only 1 allele of each gene.

A gene located on a sex chromosome.

Referring to organisms for which sexual reproduction produces offspring with inherited traits identical to those of the parents.

__________ is the transmission of traits from one generation to the next.

The additive effects of two or more gene loci on a single phenotypic characteristic.