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Science Study Guide
Question | Answer |
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Who is Gregor Mendel? | an Austrian monk who discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments in his garden |
What is a dominant allele? | an allele that shows if there is one or more copies of it (heterozygous) |
What is recessive allele? | an allele that only shows if there is two copies of it (homozygous) |
What is a genotype? | the gene that doesn't show physically |
What is a phenotype? | the gene that does show physically |
What does heterozygous mean? | different |
What does homozygous mean? | same |
What does DNA stand for? | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
What does RNA stand for? | Ribonucleic Acid |
What is DNA made of? | Molecules called nucleotides |
What are the base pair rules for DNA? | A <-> T C<-> G |
What are the base pair rules for RNA? | A -> U T -> A G <-> C |