Genetics Study Guide Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
What is a chromosome? | a thread like structure of nucleic acids and proteins containing genetic information |
What is a karyotype? | the number/visual appearance of a chromosome in the cell of an organism |
Define Heredity? | the passing on of physical/mental traits genetically from one to another |
What is the P generation? | the start of Mendel's work on inheritance |
What is the F1 generation? | the first of the offspring with distinctively different parental types. |
What is the F2 generation? | |
What did Mendel find in hi studies breeding pea plants? | |
What does it mean for a trait to be dominant? | |
What does it mean for a trait to be recessive? | |
What is a gene? | |
What did Mendel call genes? | |
What is an allele? | |
What does it mean for alleles to be dominant or recessive? | |
What does it mean for an allele to be heterozygous dominant? | |
Is it possible to be heterozygous recessive? | |
What is a phenotype? Provide an example | |
What is a genotype? Provide an example | |
Explain the purpose of a Punnett square? | |
How can a Punnett square's probability be represented? | |
What I Mendel's law of segregation? | |
What is Mendel's law of independent assortment? | |
What is dihybrid cross? *Know how to set up a dihybrid cross *Know how to figure out the possible gamete combinations from a parent's genotype? | |
What is incomplete dominance? What will an incomplete dominant phenotype look like? Provide an example | |
How can the environment influence gene expression? | |
What is codominance? What will the phenotype look like? Provide an example | |
What are the different human blood types? | |
What are the possible genotypes for each blood type? | |
What does it mean for a trait to be sex linked? | |
What is the difference between sex chromosomes and autosomal chromosomes? | |
What sex chromosomes do males have? What sex chromosome do females have? | |
What is nondisjunction? What types of problems can it cause? | |
What is a pedigree? What can it be used for? | |
Summarize how mutations influence traits. |
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