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Science chapter 7

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What did mendel use to test inheritance of traits?   Pea Plants  
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How many factors did Mendel believe combined to make one trait?   2 factors  
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What do we call the particales Mendel identified as factors?   Genes  
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Give 2 examples of gametes   Egg and Sperm Cell  
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How many chromosomes in human cells?   46  
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How man pairs of chromosomes in a human cell?   23  
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Is the number of chromosomes the same in all organisms   No  
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How many chromosomes are found in the sperm and egg cells?   23  
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What is a Punnet Square used for?   To determin the genes of offspring  
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Give an example of a human characteristic that is hybrid   Being able to roll your tounge  
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Give an example of a human characteristic that is purebred   Height, eye color, hair color.  
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In humans, the #____ pair of chromosomes indicates the sex of the child   23rd  
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The female sex chromosomes are____ and the male are____.   Female: Xx Male: Xy  
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Does a mother or a father condribute the chromosome that determines the sex of the child?   Father  
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Give an example of a sex-linked trait.   Color blindness  
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Is the mother or Father responisble for passing on a sex linked trait?   Mother  
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Is color blindness a dominate or recessive trait?   Recessive  
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Genetics   The inheritance of traits.  
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Gregor Mendel   Munk who studied pea plants to learn about inheritance of traits.  
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Purebred   Same though generations  
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Hybrid   Offspring of two genetically unrealated parents.  
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Cross   Mating of organisms to test traits  
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Factors   Mendels word for genes  
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Dominate   Masked traits  
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Recessive   Can be Masked  
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Zygote   The initial cell formed when two gamete cells are joined by means of sexual reproduction  
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Gamete   A cell that carries half the genes  
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Genotype   Its the code for characteristics  
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Phenotype   Physical characteristics  
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Genes   DNA segments  
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Incomplete dominace   Combined traits  
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Multi-gene inheritace   More than 2 genes  
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Sex-linked trait   An inherited trait, that has corisponding on X not Y  
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Carrier   You have the gene for a trait but its masked  
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Inheited disorder   2 traits combined to form a third  
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