Search Results for: parental generation
Parental generation
Definition noun (genetics) The first set of parents crossed in which their genotype is the basis for predicting the... Read More
First filial generation
Definition noun (genetics) The filial generation comprised of offspring(s) resulting from a cross between two individuals... Read More
Filial generation
Definition noun, plural: filial generations (genetics) Any generation resulting from a genetically controlled mating... Read More
Second filial generation
Definition noun (genetics) The filial generation comprised of offspring(s) resulting from a cross between two individuals... Read More
Natural selection
Natural Selection Definition What is natural selection in biology? Natural selection is defined as a process in nature... Read More
Incomplete dominance
Incomplete Dominance Definition After Gregor Mendel discovered inheritance laws, the term ''incomplete dominance'' was... Read More
Survival of the fittest
When we talk about evolutionary processes, the usage of the phrase "Survival of the fittest" has been very common in... Read More
Allopatric speciation
We can define speciation as a process by which the novel genetically independent group of organisms are formed through the... 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
Thalassophobia
Among many psychological and psychiatric disorders, one is the fear of the ocean and the fear of deep water, which in... Read More