1. Define the following terms. (Here is the vocabulary list in a Word document.)
   

   Allele	Heredity	Recessive
   Autosome	Heterozygous	Sex Chromosomes
   Autosomal dominant	Homologous chromosome	Sex Linked
   Autosomal recessive	Homozygous	Sexual reproduction
   Codominant	Hybrid	Sperm
   Crossing over	Karyotype	translocation
   Diploid	Law of independent assortment	Wild type allele
   Dominant	Law of segregation	Trait
   Egg	Lethal Allele	X-linked dominant
   Fertilization	Linkage	X-linked recessive
   Gamete	Nondisjunction	Zygote
   Gene	Non-linkage	Zygosity
   Genetic recombination	Meiosis
   Genotype	Mutation
   Haploid	Phenotype
   Hemizygous	Point mutation

   
   
2. Given a pedigree identify the symbols and state the relationship including transmission of genetic abnormalities.
3. Draw a pedigree illustrating a dominant, recessive and X-linked gene transmission.
4. Given the alleles for two individuals determine the possible genotypes of the offspring.

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