Vocabulary
Gene versions that are different are ______________.
heterozygous
A characteristic that all members of a species has.
feature
The disorder in which a person is missing one of the proteins needed for blood clotting
Hemophilia
An organism has _____________ copies of a gene for each feature.
two
How do we write a dominant gene?
Capital letter
A type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
Protein Molecule
A specific characteristic of an individual organism
Trait
What can't people with Hemophilia do?
Build scabs/clots
Differences in protein structures affect how they ______________ with other proteins.
connect
How do we write a recessive gene?
Lowercase letter
An instruction for making a protein molecule
Gene
Trait or feature: curly hair
trait
An organism from the reading that can reproduce sexually and asexually.
A random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait.
mutation
Give an example of a heterozygous gene version. (You can use any letter you would like to.)
Capital letter, lowercase letter
Gene versions that are the same are _______________.
homozygous
Name two features from the spider Sim.
silk flexibility, stickiness, bristles, venom, body size, body color, stripe color
Who has the exact same genes as someone else?
identical twins
Where are genes held?
The nucleus
Give an example of a homozygous gene version. (You can use any letter you would like to.)
Capital letter, capital letter OR lowercase letter, lowercase letter
To recieve genes from a parent.
Inherit
Any difference in traits between individual organisms
Variation
How do doctors treat patients with hemophilia?
Protein injections
What builds proteins?
Ribosomes
Both parents have gene versions of Aa. What percent chance does the offspring have of being aa?
25% chance