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Question | Answer |
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WHAT IS DNA? | DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID IS AN ACID IN THE NUCLEUS OF A CELL THAT CODES & STORES GENETIC INFORMATION |
WHAT IS A GENE? | A SECTION OF DNA ON A CHROMOSOME THAT DIRECTS THE MAKING OF A SPECIFIC PROTEIN |
WHAT IS A TRAIT? | AN INHERITED CHARACTERISTIC EX: EYE COLOR, HAIR COLOR, HEIGHT, ECT. |
WHAT IS HEREDITY | PASSING OF TRAITS FROM PARENT TO OFFSPRING |
WHO WAS GREGOR MENDEL? | WAS THE FATHER OF GENETICS AND STUDIED PEA PLANTS |
WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF ALLELES | DOMINANT AND RECESSIVE |
WHAT IS THE DOMINANT ALLELE | A FORM IF ALLELE THAT SEEMS TO DOMINATE OR MASK ANOTHER FORM OF THE SAME ALLELE |
WHAT IS THE RECESSIVE ALLELE? | FORM OF ALLELE THAT APPEARS LESS OFTEN IN OFFSPRING |
HOW DO YOU WRITE THE DOMINANT ALLELE | YOU WRITE IT IN CAPITAL LETTERS EX AA |
HOW DO YOU WRITE THE RECESSIVE ALLELE | YOU WRITE IN IN LOWER CASE EX aa |