In some animals brown eyes (B) are dominant over blue eyes (b). Possible pairs of alleles for brown eyes can be what?
What is BB or Bb?
100
This symbol is used to represent a male?
What is square?
100
complex organisms reproduce using this process
What is sexual reproduction?
100
DNA is located in the the chromosomes, which located here
What is nucleus?
100
This scientist experimented with pea plants to explore genetics
Who is Gregor Mendel?
200
In people, brown hair (B) is dominant over red hair (b). If a husband is Bb and his wife is bb, what is the probability that their first baby will have red hair?
What is 50%?
200
This symbol is used to represent a female.
What is circle?
200
Female gametes are called this
What is egg cell?
200
A chromosome that controls a particular trait is called what?
What is gene?
200
Luke is interested in his family's history, so he drew his family tree. Luke knows that a person's physical characteristics are carried in their genes. Approximately what percentage of genes did Luke get from his Grandma Mary?
What is 25%?
300
this type of allele masks the presence of other genes
What is dominant?
300
this represents individuals that express a certain trait or set of trait.
What is shaded?
300
Male gametes are called this
What are sperm cells?
300
Name bases that are located in the DNA
What are T, A, G, C?
300
Both of Tim's parents have brown eyes, but Tim has blue eyes. How is this possible?
What is "The characteristic (blue eyes) is carried in a recessive gene?"
400
physical appearance of a trait is called this.
What is phenotype?
400
Generation 2 consists of three shade boxes, 1 partially shade circle, and 1 unshaded box. How many members of the generation two carry the unwanted trait?
What is 3?
400
What percentage of genes does the offspring receive from each parent?
What is 50%?
400
Which base attaches to A?
What is T?
400
A gene or trait that appears or expresses itself over a recessive trait is called a/an
What is dominant trait?
500
the term that refers to the specific genetic make up or combination of dominant and recessive genes
What is genotype?
500
Offspring and siblings are connected by this to show their relationship
What is a horizontal line?
500
Finish this analogy.
Sperm cell is to male gamete as blank is to female gamete.
What is egg cell?
500
Which of the following are threadlike linear strands of DNA and proteins that carry the genes and functions in the transmission of hereditary information for living organisms?
What is chromosomes?
500
this chart shows how members of a certain family are related to each other, and it shows which members of the family express a certain trait or sets of traits