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AP Biology: Genetics and Heredity Vocabulary flashcards

Allele, genotype, phenotype, Punnett square, meiosis and the other core heredity terms. 50 cards. Tap a card to flip it.

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  • Primary source Clarifying Mendelian vs non-Mendelian inheritance (Genetics, 2024) (Genetics journal, hosted by PubMed Central, National Library of Medicine, NIH, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Genotype (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Phenotype (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Dominant Traits and Alleles (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Recessive Traits and Alleles (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Haploid (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Diploid (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Gamete (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Genetics, DNA, and Heredity: The Basics (slide presentation) (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Mitosis (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Crossing Over (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Aneuploidy (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Karyotype (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Mutation (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Chromatid (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Codominance (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Polygenic Trait (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Sex-Linked (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Linkage (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Genetics, Meiosis (StatPearls) (NCBI Bookshelf, National Library of Medicine, NIH, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Nucleotide (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Codon (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Stop Codon (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Transcription (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Translation (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Messenger RNA (mRNA) (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Anticodon (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Genetics, Nondisjunction (StatPearls) (NCBI Bookshelf, National Library of Medicine, NIH, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Frameshift Mutation (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Missense Mutation (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Nonsense Mutation (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Glossary, The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence (NCBI Bookshelf, National Library of Medicine, NIH, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Gene (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Allele (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Primary source Talking Glossary: Chromosome (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, genome.gov)
  • Second source Biology 2e, 11.1 The Process of Meiosis (OpenStax (Rice University), openstax.org)
  • Second source Genotype (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Phenotype (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Dominance (genetics) (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Ploidy (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Gamete (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Zygote (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Mitosis (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Chromosomal crossover (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Nondisjunction (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Aneuploidy (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Karyotype (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Mutation (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Chromatid (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Punnett square (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Incomplete dominance (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Quantitative trait locus (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Sex linkage (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Genetic linkage (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Mendelian inheritance (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Genetic code (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source RNA (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source DNA (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Transcription (biology) (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Translation (biology) (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Messenger RNA (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Frameshift mutation (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Missense mutation (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Nonsense mutation (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Biology 2e, 15.1 The Genetic Code (OpenStax (Rice University), openstax.org)
  • Second source Make a Karyotype (Genetic Science Learning Center, University of Utah, learn.genetics.utah.edu)
  • Second source Gene (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)
  • Second source Allele (Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation), en.wikipedia.org)

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