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Inheritance.

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What is DNA? Where the instruction and information that is responsible for all the inherited traits of an organism is held in genetic material.
What is a gene? Sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait.
What is a genome? It refers to its complete genetic makeup and includes the organism's entire set of chromosomes.
How many chromosomes does a human have? 46.
How many chromosomes come from your mom? 23
How many chromosomes come from your dad? 23
What is homologous? A pair of similar chromosomes with the same genes ion the same location.
Where are homologous pairs found? Diploid cells.
What alleles? The genes on a pair of homologous chromosomes that often have alternate forms.
What is a trait? A characteristic of an organism.
What is dominant allele? The uppercase letter
What is the recessive allele? The lower case letter.
What is homozygous? An organism that contains two of the same alleles for a trait is said to be homozygous for that trait.
What is heterozygous? An organism that contains two different alleles for a trait is said to be heterozygous for that trait.
What is genotype? The genetic makeup of an organism
What is phenotype? the observable trait of an organism that results from its genotype.
what is homozygous dominant? BB
What is heterozygou dominant? Bb
What is homozygous recessive? bb
What is heterozygous recessive? Bb
What is purebred? The same. BB or bb
What is hybrid? The opposite. Bb
What eye color would a child have if his mother is homozygous dominant (BB) and his father is homozygous recessive (bb)? The child will have brown eyes.
What is inheritance? The process of genetic transmission of characteristics from parents to offspring.
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