1
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Character
A
heritable feature that varies among individuals
2
Q
Trait
A
variant for a character
3
Q
True-breeding
A
produces offspring identical to parent
4
Q
Monohybrid cross
A
cross of two individuals differing in a single character
5
Q
Law of segregation
A
allele pairs separate from each other during production of gametes
6
Q
Dihybrid
A
cross of two individuals differing in two characters
7
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Law of independent assortment
A
inheritance of one character has no effect on inheritance of the other
8
Q
Incomplete dominance
A
neither allele is dominant over the other
9
Q
Pleiotropy
A
one gene influences many characteristics
10
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Polygenetic inheritance
A
single phenotypic character results from the additive effects of two or more genes
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