DNA Structure & Function
A DNA molecule's shape is also known as this
What is a Double helix?
This man is to be considered the father of genetics.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
Punnett square is used for this.
What is a tool that predicts genetic outcomes of crosses?
This type of inheritance shows a blending of traits, like red and white flowers producing pink offspring.
What is incomplete dominance?
This 2023 film about a plastic doll shattered box office records and became a feminist cultural touchstone.
What is Barbie?
These are the four nitrogen bases in a DNA strand.
What are Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine?
To have a 'heterozygous' genotype means this.
What is Having two different alleles for a trait (e.g., Aa)
These are the possible offspring genotypes from two heterozygous parents (Aa x Aa).
A: What are AA, Aa, aa?
In this form of inheritance, both alleles are fully expressed, like AB blood type.
What is codominance?
What is Cowboy Carter?
Deoxyribonucleic acid is the long version we do not often use.
What does DNA stand for?
This is the definition of the word genotype.
What is the term for the genetic makeup of an organism?
This is the percent amount a dominant trait will show when crossing Aa x Aa.
What is 75%?
Traits controlled by many genes, such as height and skin color, are called this.
What is polygenic inheritance?
This viral TikTok food trend involves wrapping a pickle in a fruit roll-up and Tajín.
What is the pickle roll-up challenge?
These men are the scientists credited with discovering the structure of DNA. Or are they?
Who are James Watson and Francis Crick?
When a trait can ONLY be expressed when these are present.
What are two recessive alleles?
A cross with a homozygous recessive with a heterozygous gives you this percentage.
What is 50%
A colorblind father and a carrier mother have a 50% chance of passing this X-linked trait to their sons.
What is colorblindness?
In 2024, this reality competition show brought back the phrase “the tribe has spoken.”
What is Survivor?
This is the element that bonds the base pairs together in DNA. (Hint: think of the sun)
What are Hydrogen bonds?
This law explains how alleles separate during gamete formation.
What is the Law of Segregation
Developed in the early 1900's, he is the creator of the Punnett Square.
Who is Reginald C. Punnett?
A gene on the X chromosome often shows different patterns of expression in males and females due to this.
What is X-linked inheritance?
This show’s final season in 2023 had everyone arguing about timelines, Cordyceps, and Pedro Pascal’s parenting.
What is The Last of Us?