Question | Answer |
A trait developed after an organism is born | aquired |
To mate organisms with desirable traits | selective breeding |
made up of a phosphate, a sugar, and a base | nucleotide |
A change in the arrangement of a gene | mutation |
appears in 2 strands coiled together | DNA |
Any trait that allows an individual to survive in its environment | adaptation |
Occurs when a female gamete joins witha male gamete | sexual reproduction |
All organisms have a different # of these | chromosomes |
Only expressed if an organism has 2 genes for that trait | recessive |
name 2 examples of adaptations | mimicry, camouflage, warning coloration |
A chemical sequence of DNA that determines the trait of an organism | gene |
An organism made with 2 different genes for the same trait | hybrid |
Expressed even if one gene for that form of the trait is inherited | dominant |
The process where genes are passed from parent to offspring | heredity |
An example of an inherited trait | web spinning spider, hair color |
# of chromosomes in humans | 46 |
This is how bacteria multiply | asexual (EXAMPLE) |