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Chapter 13: Patterns of Inheritance


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Chapter 13: Patterns of Inheritance

p. 243: hybridizations, segregating, true-breeding

p. 244: self-fertilization, cross-pollination, cross-fertilization

p. 246: first filial, F1, dominant, recessive

p. 247: second filial, F2

p. 248: Mendelian ratio, alleles, homozygous, heterozygous, genes, locus (plural, loci), genotype, phenotype

p. 250: Punnett square, Mendel's First Law of Heredity, Law of Segregation

p. 251: testcross

p. 252: dihybrids, Mendel's Second Law of Heredity, Law of Independent Assortment

p. 253: epistasis, modified ratio

p. 254: polygenes, continuous variation, pleiotropic, pleiotropy

p. 255: incomplete dominance

p. 256: the chromosomal theory of inheritance, mutant

p. 257: X chromosome, Y chromosome, sex-linked

p. 258: crossing over, genetic recombination

p. 259: genetic map, centimorgan, syntenic, linked, three-point cross, wild type

p. 261: human genome project

p. 262: multiple alleles, codominant, cell surface antigens, ABO blood groups, Rh blood group, erythroblastosis fetalis

p. 263: autosomes, sex chromosomes, Barr body

p. 264: primary nondisjunction, monosomics, trisomics, Down syndrome, translocation, translocation Down syndrome

p. 265: Klienfelter syndrome, Turner syndrome

p. 266: genetic disorder, Tay-Sachs disease, gangliosides

p. 267: hemophilia

p. 268: sickle -cell anemia

p. 269: Huntington's disease, cystic fibrosis, cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR), gene transfer therapy

p. 270: genetic counseling, high-risk pregnancy, amniocentesis, ultrasound, chorionic villi sampling

p. 271: restriction enzymes, restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP's)

p. 272: binomial distribution, probability

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