Vocab
The letters on a Punnett Square
What is Genotype?
The physical trait
What is Phenotype?
Use this to predict the probabilities of traits in an offspring
What is a Punnett Square?
Adenine pairs with _______
What is Thymine?
Requires only 1 parent
What is Asexual Reproduction?
A permanent change in a gene or chromosome
What is a mutation?
A single unit of hereditary information
What is a gene?
R = red flower r = white flower
Outcomes: RR, RR, Rr, Rr
____ % will be white
What is 0%
When one nucleotide is removed from the DNA sequence
What is Deletion?
Typically occurs in complex or multicellular organisms
What is Sexual Reproduction?
Cancer is a result of ____
What is abnormal cell division?
BB (two uppercase letters)
What is Homozygous Dominant?
R = red flower r = white flower
Outcomes = RR, Rr, Rr, rr
____% will be homozygous dominant
What is 25%
When one nucleotide is removed and replaced with another
What is Substitution?
Does NOT increase genetic variation
What is Asexual Reproduction?
Bb (one uppercase and one lowercase letter)
What is heterozygous?
bb (two lowercase letters)
What is homozygous recessive?
A = straight hair a = curly hair
One parent has curly hair.
The genotype is ____
What is aa?
When one nucleotide is added to the DNA sequence
What is insertion?
When the sperm and egg cell meet
What is Fertilization?
Allele that is always expressed
What is Dominant?
Different forms of a gene for a single trait
What is an allele?
When a mixture of alleles is seen in the phenotype
What is incomplete dominance?
The proteins that make up the genetic code (the letters)
What is nucleotides?
Redwood Tree does _________ reproduction
What is Asexual AND Sexual?