Search Results for: filial
Filial generation
Definition noun, plural: filial generations (genetics) Any generation resulting from a genetically controlled mating... Read More
First filial generation
Definition noun (genetics) The filial generation comprised of offspring(s) resulting from a cross between two individuals... Read More
Second filial generation
Definition noun (genetics) The filial generation comprised of offspring(s) resulting from a cross between two individuals... Read More
Imprinting
What does imprinting mean? Have you watched the TV cartoon show “Tom and Jerry” with an episode of a duck and its... 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
Monohybrid cross
Definition noun A genetic cross between homozygous individuals but with different alleles for a single gene locus of... Read More
Inherited traits
What are Inherited Traits? The characteristics or traits that are passed from parents to offspring are known as inherited... Read More
Phenotypic ratio
Phenotypic Ratio Definition How would one define phenotypic ratio? The correlation between the amount of offspring that... Read More
Hypomelanism
All the body cells of living organisms bear some color due to one or the other pigment molecule or complex. The pigment can... 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