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monohybrid

[¦män·ō′hī·brəd]
(genetics)
An individual heterozygous for alleles at one gene locus.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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It has also been observed that with basic understanding and a little practice of line-dot method, the monohybrid crosses can be solved in mind without even writing on paper.
Following the same procedure as the monohybrid test, students build the Punnett square using the mathematical concept in Table 4.
At this point, the dihybrid cross is essentially identical to a sample monohybrid cross, except with two traits.
Any other classification would not provide a good fit to either monohybrid or dihybrid genetic ratios.
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