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11Test cross — In genetics, a test cross, first introduced by Mendel, is used to determine if an individual exhibiting a dominant trait is homozygous or heterozygous for that trait.Test crosses involve breeding the individual in question with another individual …
12genetics — /jeuh net iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. Biol. the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment. 2. the genetic properties and phenomena… …
13Gene lethality — occurs when two individuals of the same phenotype mate and a 2:1 phenotypic ratio exists in the offspring (as long as many offspring have been produced). Usually the homozygous dominant individuals will have been aborted before birth.The number… …
14General selection model — The General Selection Model (GSM) is a model of population genetics that describes how a population s genotype will change when acted upon by natural selection. EquationThe General Selection Model is encapsulated by the equation: Delta q=frac{pq… …
15Chondrodystrophy — Classification and external resources ICD 10 Q78.9 ICD 9 756.4 …
16Portuguese Water Dog — (Canis lupus subsp. familiaris) Portuguese Water Dog Other names Cão de Água Português Nicknames Portie, PWD, Water Dog Country of origin Portugal …
17prepotency — /pree poht n see/, n. Genetics. the ability of one parent to impress its hereditary characters on its progeny because it possesses more homozygous, dominant, or epistatic genes. [1640 50 for general sense predominance ; < L praepotentia. See… …
18prepotency — pre•po•ten•cy [[t]priˈpoʊt n si[/t]] n. 1) preeminence; predominance 2) gen the ability of one parent to impress its hereditary characters on its progeny because it possesses more homozygous, dominant, or epistatic genes • Etymology: 1855–60;… …
19prepotency — /priˈpoʊtnsi/ (say pree pohtnsee) noun the ability of one parent to impress its hereditary characters on its progeny because it possesses more homozygous, dominant, or epistatic genes …
20heredity — /heuh red i tee/, n., pl. heredities. Biol. 1. the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new… …
