Vocabulary
union of male sperm cell and female egg cell
fertilization
How many dominant alleles does a person need for it to show?
Shows the outcomes of a genetic cross
Punnett square
different version or variation of a gene
allele
How many planets in our solar system?
8
The passage of genetic information from one generation to the next (transfer of parent genes to offspring)
heredity
What is another word for heterozygous?
hybrid
An organism with two different alleles is called what
heterozygous
TT is an example of what trait?
homozygous dominant
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An offspring that is genetically identical to the organism from which it was produced
clone
What is another word for purebred?
homozygous
This type of organism has two dominant alleles
Homozygous dominant
what does DNA stand for
deoxyribonucleic acid
What astronomer discovered Jupiter's moons?
Galileo
the basic unit of life
cell
What did Gregor Mendel pollinate in his experiments?
Pea plants/plants
This type of organism has two recessive alleles
homozygous recessive
What is the shape of DNA?
double helix
How many bones does the human body have?
206
a specific sequence of DNA that determines one or more traits
gene
The term that describes how likely an event will occur
Probability
What characteristics was Gregor Mendel studying on his experiments?
color or stem height
Name all four nucleotides
adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine