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bmms chpt. 5 life sc
bmms chpt. 5 life science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring. | heredity |
| Each different form of a characteristic. | trait |
| The scientific study of heredity | genetics |
| A new organism begins to form when an egg and sperm join in this process. | fertilization |
| The offspring of many generations that have the same traits. | purebred |
| The factors that control a trait | gene |
| The different forms of a gene | alleles |
| An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present. | dominant allele |
| Hidden whenever the dominant allele is present | recessive allele |
| An organism that has two different alleles for a trait. | hybrid |
| A number that describes how likely it is that a certain event will occur. | probablility |
| A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross. | Punnett square |
| An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits. | phenotype |
| An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combination. | genotype |
| An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait. | homozygous |
| An organism that has two different alleles for a trait. | heterozygous |
| The alleles are neither dominant nor recessive; therfore, both alleles are expressed in the offspring. | codominance |
| Genetic material from two parents combines to produce a new organism. | sexual reproduction |
| A cell that contains two sets of chromosomes, one set from each parent | diploid |
| The process by which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half to form sex cells, sperm and eggs. | Meiosis |
| Copies the coded message from the DNA in the nucleus, and carries the message to the ribosome in the cytoplasm. | messenger RNA |
| Carries amino acids to the ribosome and adds them to the growing protein. | transfer RNA |
| Any change in a gene or chromosome | mutation |