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Genetics, DNA, Cells

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The passing of traits from parents to offspring   heredity  
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The study of inheritance   genetics  
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A unit of genetic material that determines a trait   gene  
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Strong form of a gene, which is expressed even if a recessive gene is present   dominant  
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the weak form of a gene, which is not expressed when the dominant form is also present   recessive  
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A trait that an organism actually shows (what you see)   phenotype  
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Gene combination that determines phenotype   genotype  
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A genotype which is a combination of two different alleles for the same gene (Xx or Bb)   hybrid  
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Cell division that produces gametes or spores having one set of unpaired chromosomes   meiosis  
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The copying process in which new DNA is created   replication  
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A change in the DNA or chromosomes; can occur in body cells and sex cells   mutation  
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What is the difference between a genotype and a phenotype?   Genotype is the inner heredity that holds genetic code and phenotype are the traits on the outside/what you can see  
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In a Genotype of Cc and cc, where C is Curly and c is straight. What would be dominant and what would be recessive if the punnet square were Cc, Cc, cc, cc?   Curly dominant, Straight recessive  
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If you cross a male with brown eyes and a female with blue eyes what is the possible percentage the children would have blue eyes?   50%  
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When someone has one dominant gene and one recessive gene for a certain trait, they are said to be __________   hybrid  
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What gene is always expressed?   Heterozygous  
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What gene is only expressed when it is paired with another gene identical to itself?   Homozygous  
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Who was Mendel?   Scientist who created the Punnet Square  
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What does purebred mean (homozygous)   Two of the same form of the gene; one from mom and one from dad  
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What a might a homozygous gene look like?   TT, tt  
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What does hybrid mean (heterozygous)?   Two different forms of a gene, the one from and from dad are DIFFERENT  
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What might a heterozygous gene look like?   Dd  
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What are 2 differences between meiosis and mitosis?   Mitosis makes two daughter cells and meiosis makes 4 daughter cells Meiosis has half the number of chromosomes as parent and mitosis has the same  
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What are 2 more differences between meiosis and mitosis?   Meiosis' purpose is sex cells and mitosis' purpose is to grow and/or replace cells Mitosis' daughter cells are identical to parent and meiosis' daughter cells are different from parent cells  
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What is the difference between acquired and inherited traits?   Inherited traits get passed down from generation to generation in genetic material (eye color, hair color) Acquired traits are traits that develop after birth (talents, instincts)  
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How many alleles (gene variations) doe each complete gene contain?   4 (2 from each parent)  
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How many alleles get passed on to the offspring (for each gene)?   2  
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What are the 3 major rules of Mendelian Inheritance?   Inherited traits are determined by genes and passed down from parent to children A child has a gene set from mom and one from dad A trait may not be observable but it's gene can be passed to the next generation  
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What is a double helix?   a basic structure of a DNA molecule  
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What the 4 letters in the DNA alphabet   A, T, C, G  
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How do the DNA letters pair up?   C goes with G and A goes with T  
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What did Watson and Crick do?   First to develop an accurate model of DNA  
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What did Franklin do?   Created images of the DNA molecule using xray diffraction  
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Why is DNA important?   It gives the body instructions on how to run (function)  
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Where is it found?   In the nucleus  
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