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Genetics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a nucleus? | where the genetic information/genes/DNA are located on chromosones. |
| Where do chromosomes exist? | In every cell |
| How do chromosomes exist? | Chromosomes exist in pairs |
| How many pairs of chromosomes does the human body have? | 23 pairs; 46 individual chromosones |
| What are chromosomes made up of? | Chromosomes are made up of chromatin |
| What is chromatin made up of? | DNA and protein |
| What is a locus? | A spot on a chromosome where a gene is located. |
| Each chromosome has its own what? | Gene. |
| How would you say...A = A | Big a over big a |
| What is a centromere? | coiled up chromatin; it has a purpose. |
| If you stretch out a chromosome, what do you get? | DNA. |
| What is a genotype? | What the genes on the chromosome are. |
| What is a phenotype? | What the genes produce physically *physical representation of the genotype. |
| Can genetypes have different forms? | Yes. |
| What are the forms of genetypes called? | Alleles. |
| T=tall t=short | T dominates over little t unless t = t |
| Dominance | The presence of this allele makes all others; it's the ruler |
| Recessive | The matched one |
| If one allele is dominant, what is the other one? | Recessive. |
| Where does the dominant go; where does the recessive go? ? = ? | Dominant on the top; recessive on the bottom. |
| Homozygous geneotypes have what? | The same alleles. T t = = T t |
| Heterozygous geneotypes have what? | Opposite alleles. T = t |
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