Exam I Term List
haploid
diploid
sexual life cycle
mitosis
meiosis
chromosomes
zygote
gametes
sex chromosomes
autosomes
prophase
anaphase
metaphase
telophase
chromosomal balancing
centromere
chromatid
homologous chromosomes
disjunction
nondisjunction
trisomic
monosomic
disomic
Downs syndrome
trisomy 21
viable
sterile
fertile
lethal
polyploid
triploid
unreduced gamete
spontaneous abortions
prophase I - chromosome pairing
offspring
genes
inheritance
genotype
phenotype
albinism
locus
allele
homozygous
heterozygous
dominant
recessive
punnet square
genotypic ratio
phenotypic ratio
genotypic proportion
phenotypic proportion
monohybrid cross
testcross
blood types
co-dominant
dihybrid cross
complete dominance
incomplete dominance
parental generation
F1 generation
F2 generation
recombinant phenotypes
recombination
independent assortment
polygenic trait
discrete trait
continuous trait
quantitative trait
qualitative trait
phenotypic variation
genotypic variation
environmental variation
heritability
monozygotic twins
dizygotic twins
fraternal twins
identical twins
population
allele frequency
gene frequency
gametic frequency
genotype frequency
random mating
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
Hardy-Weinberg assumptions
mutations
migration
vigor
sampling error
independent events
fixed alleles
lost alleles
genetic drift
bottleneck effect
founder effect
positive assortative mating
inbreeding
self-fertilization
rare allele
heterozygosity
homozygosity
inbreeding depression
flower structure
self-incompatibility locus
S alleles
asexual reproduction
stolons
clones
vegetative growth
fragmentation
gene flow
admixture
antibiotic resistance
genetic resistance to pesticides
selection differential
artificial selection
natural selection
stabilizing selection
directional selection
disruptive selection
relative fitness
Biston betularia
co-evolution
evolution
sexual selection
widowbird experiment
sickle-cell anemia
malaria resistance
heterozygote advantage
thalassemia
G6PD deficiency
gene expression
extinction
environmental change
vitamin D production
melanin
skin color vs. light intensity
body weight vs. temperature
Bergmann's rule
surface area to volume ratio
latitudinal gradients
adaptive differentiation
Allen's rule
agent of selection
response to selection
geographical differentiation
cline
clinal variation
races
vicariance
dispersal
species
geographic isolation
reproductive isolation
prezygotic barriers
temporal isolation
habitat isolation
ecological isolation
behavioral isolation
ethological isolation
mechanical isolation
gametic isolation
cross incompatible
postzygotic barriers
hybrid inviability
hybrid sterility