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inheritance FEARJAKE
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the study of heredity | genetics |
| the joining of a haploid sperm with a haploid egg to form diploid zygote | fertilization |
| a specific,often observable characteristics. | traits |
| the offspring of crosses between parent traits | hybrid |
| the different factors past from parent to offspring | genes |
| different forms of genes | alleles |
| the transfer of characteristics from parent to offspring. | heredity |
| A nucleic acid that carries the genetic information in the cell and is capable of self-replication and synthesis of RNA | DNA |
| Any of a group of complex organic macromolecules that contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and usually sulfur and are composed of one or more chains of amino acids | protein |
| Mutations are changes in a genomic sequence: the DNA sequence of a cell's genome or the DNA or RNA sequence of a virus. | mutant allele |
| The genetic constitution of an individual organism. | genotype |
| The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment | phenotype |
| an allele that does not produce a characteristic effect when present with a dominant allele. | recessive |
| Exercising the most influence or control. | dominant |
| The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. | environment |
| The semipermeable membrane surrounding the cytoplasm of a cell | cell membrane |
| A hereditary disorder affecting the exocrine glands. | cystic fibrosis |
| having identical alleles | homozygous |
| having dissimilar alleles | heterozygous |
| The outer covering of the cell consisting of a lipid bilayer with proteins embedded in it. | cell surface membrane |
| parts of DNA and RNA that may be involved in pairing | nucleotide bases |
| The inheritance of a single gene.. | monohybrid inheritance |
| The Punnett square is a diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment. | Punnett square |
| A thing made by combining two different things | Hybrid |
| hybridization using a single trait with two alleles | Monohybrid cross |