Vocabulary
The passing of traits from parent to offspring.
What is heredity?
A tool that helps predict traits.
What is a Punnett square?
A diagram that shows the occurrence and appearance or phenotypes of a particular gene or organism and its ancestors from one generation to the next
What is a pedigree chart?
When looking at the chart, the first letter in the codon is located on the left hand side of the chart. The second letter is at the top of the chart. Find when these two letter intersect. Then look at the third letter. It is found on the right hand side of the chart, in the box where one and two intersect. What is this action?
How do you read a codon chart?
The researchers scoured nine city parks in Frankfurt for rabbit burrows, along with four more suburban parks and three nearby rural sites. In all, they found 191 burrows. Then they rated each site for its “urbanity,” a measure that included three variables: How many people live within half a kilometer of the burrow site? How many pedestrians, bikers, or dogs pass by at dawn and dusk, when rabbits are most active? And how much of the ground is covered by something artificial, such as pavement or playground turf?
As used in line 13, “artificial” most nearly means:
A.alternate.
B.counterfeit.
C.affected.
D.synthetic.
What is an alternate
A sequence of nucleotides that codes for a protein, resulting in a specific phenotype
What is gene?
The dad's traits go on top, and the mom's traits go on the side.
How do you make a Punnett square?
The genetic code is a series of three bases in a row called a codon. Each codon represents and amino acid. For example, the DNA strand AAA-TCT would code for the amino acids lys-ser. What is this chart called?
What is a codon chart?
A square on a Pedigree chart represents
What is male representation?
A rare change in genetic material, which ultimately creates genetic diversity within a species.
What is mutation?
Punnett Squares can show _______ % chance
What is 50%?
Down Syndrome
What is an example of a mutation?
Traits that are shown, capital letter
What is dominance?
Punnett squares can show ________ and _______ traits
What is dominance and recessive?
Adenine, Uracil, Cytosine, Guanine
What are the 4 nucleotides in RNA?
A mutation
From any group: (A change in an organism)
A trait that is covered up, lowercase letter
What is a recessive allele?