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Segregation

segregation

1. The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.

2. (Science: geology) separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process.

3. (genetic) the formation of unique gametes from the genotype of the parents source: WiseIdiot

Origin: L. Segregatio: cf. F. Segregation.


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Some meiosis help please

... number for haploid and diploid? That isn't right.... The haploid number is half the diploid number. Also, look into the Mendelian principle of segregation of alleles for the answer to your last question. Hope that helps.

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by plasmodesmata11
Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:58 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Some meiosis help please
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Views: 458

Polygenic Inheritance and Mendel

... he stayed away from more complicated, inexplicable inheritance patterns. I think... That polygenic inheritance involves independent assortment and segregation, it's just kind of compounded, yielding quantitative traits instead of precise traits.

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by keenangp
Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:46 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Polygenic Inheritance and Mendel
Replies: 8
Views: 2126

Independent Assortment vs. Segregation

... separately into each offspring when doing the Punnet square thingy and not affecting the placement of other alleles of other gametes. WHEREAS Segregation is the formation of unique gametes from the genotype of the parents, each gamete not affecting the other. However, aren't these definitions ...

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by WiseIdiot
Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:00 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Independent Assortment vs. Segregation
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Views: 1053

Re: Looking for an article to present in class

I think this is an intriguing paper: König H, Matter N, Bader R, Thiele W, Müller F. Splicing segregation: the minor spliceosome acts outside the nucleus and controls cell proliferation. Cell. 2007 Nov 16;131(4):718-29. There is some controversy and followup letters, which ...

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by jonmoulton
Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:24 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking for an article to present in class
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Help

... dwarf 7 …………1 Yellow-seeded, tall 196 …………9 a) On the dotted lines above, write the expected numbers of each class if Mendel’s laws of segregation and assortment hold. b) Which alleles are dominant and which are recessive at the two loci? dominant: tall, yellow recessive:dwarf, green ...

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by chousta
Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:14 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Help
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