12) codominant. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. Genetics Of or relating to two alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote that are both fully expressed. 2a. Ecology Being one of two or more of the most characteristic...

13) chiasmatypy. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Genetics The meiotic twisting between paired chromatids that produces chiasmata. chiasma + typ(e) + -y2....

14) segregant. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Genetics Differing from either parent as a result of segregation: a segregant genotype. A segregant type or organism. Also called segregate....

15) cosmid. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Genetics A hybrid vector that has been spliced with plasmid DNA for cloning large genes or gene fragments. Blend of cos (sequence), sequence of DNA allowing the cosmid...

16) P 2. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. Genetics parental generation 2. Physics parity2 3. pass 4. pawn2 (chess) 5. Bible Peter 6. petite 7. Physics pressure...

17) population genetics. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...population genetics The study of the genetic composition of populations in order to understand the evolutionary forces that select for a particular gene. 1...

18) allele. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...allele, (lel´) (KEY) : see genetics....

19) genetic drift. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...genetic drift, see genetics....

20) dominant trait. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...dominant trait In genetics, a trait that will appear in the offspring if one of the parents contributes it. (Compare recessive trait.) 1 In humans, dark hair is a...