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Are offspring that are the result of sexual reproduction ever identical to their parents?   No, because they receive half of their DNA from each parent, not all of it from one.  
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Define Fertilization   When a male sperm cell converges with a female egg cell  
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What organisms reproduce sexually?   Humans and Plants  
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What is the difference between identical twins and fraternal twins?   Identical twins have the same DNA and come from the same fertilized cell, fraternal twins do not  
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Who is Gregor Mendell and why was his work so important   He was the father of genetics-He discovered patterns in heredity and recognized dominance and recessive.  
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How are diseases inherited?   Your parent passes a disease-causing gene  
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Give an example of asexual reproduction.   Cloning, Cells splitting, strawberry plants, etc.  
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Is cloning asexual or sexual reproduction? Does it happen naturally?   Asexual reproduction; No  
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What is the difference between identical twins and cloning?   Identical Twins: Naturally occurs, two parents Cloning: Does not occur naturally, only one 'parent'  
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Where is genetic information found?   In the nucleus of the cell  
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Define mutation   An error in genetic coding that causes a gene to be reproduced slightly different from the original gene; happens randomly  
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Explain the following statement; Mutations can create variety.   Mutations happen randomly, and can introduce new traits (such as the color of your hair), making there be a variety in traits  
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What is a trade-off of being genetically tested?   Cost, Takes time, people could treat you differently, etc.  
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An organism that has only one kind of allele for a characteristic is called what?   Homozygous  
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An organism that has two kinds of alleles for a characteristic is called;   Heterozygous  
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Two parents are both carriers for a recessive genetic trait. Can their offspring ever have the genetic trait? (Think of a Punnet Square)   Yes, there would be a 25% chance of the child having the condition (In a Punnet Square, both the parents would be heterozygous)  
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How do you find the genotype of an individual?   Studying a pedigree  
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When studying a pedigree, how do scientists determine if a trait is recessive or dominant?   If it is recessive, it will usually skip a generation.  
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What are the sex chromosomes?   XX=Girl XY=Boy  
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Why does a male determine the sex of an offspring?   They have both X and Y chromosomes (Females only have X chromosomes)  
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What is the genotype of an organism?   The combination of alleles they have.  
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What is a genetic disease?   A disease that can be passed on genetically  
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What are genes?   Inherited bits of information that determine your traits.  
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What is the chance a couple will have a baby boy?   50% chance  
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What is a carrier?   Someone who carriers a disease-causing gene but does not show symptoms; is still capable of passing gene to offspring  
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What is the phenotype of an organism?   A trait that is physically shown  
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Bonus- Why did Medell use pea plants in his studies?   They produced a lot of offspring, they had simple dominant-recessive traits he could study...  
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Vocab- Inherited bits of information that are passed directly from parent cells to child cells   Genes  
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Vocab- A trait passed on from parents to children   Inherited  
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Vocab-Describes a specific characteristic- example: round face, blue eyes   Trait  
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Vocab- Used when referring to non-human organisms-example-seeds   Offspring  
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Vocab- Offspring produced by asexual reproduction. Inherits all of its traits from one parent.   Clone  
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Vocab- Female reproductive cells   Egg cell  
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Vocab- Science of heredity   Genetics  
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Vocab- The fusion of sperm and egg cells   Fertilizaton  
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Vocab- A gene can be reproduced slightly differently from the original gene- can cause the offspring to have a different trait from the parent   Mutation  
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Vocab- The sperm cell produced by male unites with egg cell produced by female   Sexual Reproduction  
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Vocab- Type of reproduction involving only one parent or cell in which organisms make exact copies of themselves   Asexual Reproduction  
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Vocab- Male reproductive cell   Sperm  
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Vocab- One observable or measurable feature of an organism   Characteristic  
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Vocab- Version of a gene   Allele  
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Vocab- A gene that is physically expressed (appears) over a recessive gene.   Dominant  
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Vocab-A gene that is not physically expressed (hidden) in the presence of a dominant gene.   Recessive  
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Vocab- By chance- Example: Selection of a lottery ticket is a random process   Random  
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Vocab- A person heterozygous for a recessive genetic condition. Such a person does not have the condition, but can pass on allele for it to his/her children. The recessive allele is hidden or masked.   Carrier  
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Vocab- Physical appearance or visible traits- Example: Tall or short   Phenotype  
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Vocab- An organism that has only one kind of allele for a characteristic- Example: TT, tt   Homozygous  
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Vocab- The condition of two alleles of the same gene, neither of which totally masks the other (Equal dominance)   Co-dominance  
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Vocab- Diagram you can use to show how likely each outcome of a breeding experiment is   Punnet Square  
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Vocab- Genetic makeup or allele combinations- Example: TT, Tt, tt   Genotypes  
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Vocab- DNA in a coiled, rod shape form that occurs during cell division   Chromosome  
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Vocab- The formation of cells from a parent cell   Cell Division  
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Vocab- Molecule that contains the information carried by the genes   DNA  
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Vocab- An organism that has alleles for two different traits- Example: Tt   Heterozygous  
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Vocab- The likelihood that a given event will occur by chance- Example: The probability of picking an ace of hearts out of a deck of cards is 1 out of 52   Probablity  
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Vocab- Complete difference, unlikeness   Diversity  
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Vocab- The result when neither gene from a trait is dominant over the other gene; results in a blending of the two different traits- Example: red and white flowers produce pink flowers   Incomplete Dominance  
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Vocab- A record of marriages and births through several generations   Pedigree  
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