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Don Lee, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Patricia Hain, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Introduction
Concept 1: Sexually reproducing organisms make sex cells or gametes
Concept 2: Genes are stable, passed on in sex cells and control traits
Concept 3: Genes are a part of the chromosome and are found in pairs in somatic cells
Concept 4: Genes can change on occasion and the alternative version or allele may control the trait
Concept 5: Individuals can be homozygous or heterozygous.
Concept 6: Gene pairs associate and then separate during gamete formation
Concept 7: Gametes combine at random to form the individuals in the next generation
Concept 8: One allele can be dominant over another or show a lack of dominance
Concept 9: The segregation of genes allows geneticists to make predictions
Concept 10: Segregation can be predicted based on independent assortment
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