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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |