Search Results for: pea
Law of Independent Assortment
Law of Independent Assortment Definition The Mendelian inheritance principles are derived from and named after the monk,... Read More
Law of Segregation
Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance The father of genetics, Gregor Mendel, reported his findings in 1860 that were initially... Read More
Incomplete dominance
Incomplete Dominance Definition After Gregor Mendel discovered inheritance laws, the term ''incomplete dominance'' was... Read More
Inheritance and Probability
Reviewed by: Mary Anne Clark, Ph.D. Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk, is most famous in this field for his study... Read More
Polygenic trait
Polygenic Trait Definition Polygenic trait refers to a trait that is controlled by multiple non-allelic genes. These genes... Read More
Mendelian inheritance
Definition noun (genetics) A type of biological inheritance that conforms to the set of principles of Gregor Mendel... Read More
Second filial generation
Definition noun (genetics) The filial generation comprised of offspring(s) resulting from a cross between two individuals... 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
Gregor Mendel
Definition noun Augustinian monk and botanist who formulated the laws of heredity based on his careful breeding... Read More
Filial generation
Definition noun, plural: filial generations (genetics) Any generation resulting from a genetically controlled mating... Read More
Angiosperm
Angiosperms Definition What is an angiosperm? An angiosperm is a plant that produces flowers. The angiosperms, also... Read More
Papilionaceous
papilionaceous 1. Resembling the butterfly. 2. (Science: botany) Having a winged corolla somewhat resembling a butterfly, as... Read More
Non-Mendelian inheritance
Definition noun (genetics) A type of biological inheritance wherein the patterns of phenotypes do not accord with those as... Read More
Monogenic inheritance
Definition noun A form of inheritance that follows Mendel's Law of Heredity Supplement Monogenic inheritance refers to the... Read More
Phenotypic ratio
Phenotypic Ratio Definition How would one define phenotypic ratio? The correlation between the amount of offspring that... Read More
Parental generation
Definition noun (genetics) The first set of parents crossed in which their genotype is the basis for predicting the... Read More
Pleiotropy
Pleiotropy Definition When one single gene starts affecting multiple traits of living organisms, this phenomenon is known... Read More
First filial generation
Definition noun (genetics) The filial generation comprised of offspring(s) resulting from a cross between two individuals... Read More
Law of Purity of Gametes
Definition noun (genetics) Gregor Mendel's law stating that the unit factors are brought together and paired during union or... Read More
Law of Unit Characters
Definition noun (genetics) A Mendelian law which states that every genetic character of an organism is controlled by unit... Read More
Particulate inheritance
Definition noun (genetics) A theory formulated by Gregor Mendel based on his garden pea breeding experiments wherein he... Read More
Genotypic ratio
Genotypic Ratio Definition To understand 'Genotypic ratio', let us first understand the terms: 'Genotype' and 'Phenotype'.... Read More
Law of Dominance
Definition noun (genetics) Gregor Mendel's law stating that when two alleles of an inherited pair is heterozygous, then,... Read More
Chloroplast DNA
Definition noun plural: chloroplast DNAs DNA in the chloroplast that carries the code for proteins and RNAs essential to... Read More
Sex and the Single Soybean – A Biodiversity Love Story
Millions of years after their ancestors parted company on the northern shores of Australia, two world-roaming plants have... Read More
Rhizobium leguminosarum
rhizobium leguminosarum A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that causes formation of root nodules on some, but not... Read More
Simple fruit
Definition noun, plural: simple fruits A type of fruit that develops from a single or compound ovary with only one pistil... Read More
Law of Independent Assortment
Law of Independent Assortment Definition noun (genetics) Mendelian law stating that for every pair of unit factors, each... Read More
Mendelian Genetics
Definition noun (genetics) A set of theories that attempts to explain inheritance and biological diversity according to... Read More
Bilateral symmetry
Definition noun, plural: bilateral symmetries A form of symmetry in which the opposite sides along a midline is a duplicate... Read More
Pituitary gland
Definition noun, plural: pituitary glands An endocrine gland situated off the bottom of the hypothalamus, and acts as the... Read More
