Search Results for: homozygote
Heterozygote
Definition noun, plural: heterozygotes A nucleus, cell or organism possessing two different alleles for a particular... Read More
Overdominance
Definition noun (genetics) A type of dominance characterized by a phenotype that is more pronounced in a heterozygote... Read More
Parthenogenesis
To reproduce, by definition, means to produce new offspring. The process is referred to as reproduction, which is one of the... Read More
Filial generation
Definition noun, plural: filial generations (genetics) Any generation resulting from a genetically controlled mating... Read More
Sickle cell anaemia
Definition noun A hereditary blood disorder resulting in anaemia due to a mutation in the allele coding for the beta chain... Read More
Test cross
Definition noun Crossing an organism with dominant genotype to a recessive homozygote for a specific phenotype in order to... Read More
Complete dominance
Complete Dominance Definition Genetics is the study of how traits are inherited by organisms and in what ways these... Read More
Incomplete dominance
Incomplete Dominance Definition After Gregor Mendel discovered inheritance laws, the term ''incomplete dominance'' was... Read More
Non-Mendelian Inheritance
Reviewed by: Mary Anne Clark, Ph.D. The inheritance patterns seen in Mendel's monohybrid and dihybrid crosses... Read More