Genetics Vocabulary
Mitosis vs. meiosis
Genes
Advancements in Genetics
Other Genetics
100
Structures made of DNA located in the nucleus.
What is a chromosome?
100
The amount of cell divisions in Mitosis.
What is 2?
100
A gene that is hidden when the dominant allele is present.
What is a recessive gene?
100
The process of crossing of two individuals that have similar traits.
What is Inbreeding?
100
When the offspring grows and buds off the parent like yeast or hydra.
What is budding?
200
An inherited characteristic.
What is a trait?
200
When an egg and sperm combine.
What is a zygote?
200
A gene that is always expressed in the organism when present.
What is dominant gene?
200
Process in which scientists put genes from an organism into another organism.
What is Genetic Engineering?
200
The ability to re-grow lost body parts.
What is regeneration?
300
The chemical code or instructions for the cell.
What is DNA?
300
A division to form 2 cells.
What is Mitosis?
300
The combination of genes that code for a specific trait (physical characteristic).
What is genotype?
300
The hybrid of a poodle and a Labrador.
What is a Labradoodle?
300
"Father of Genetics."
Who is Gregor Mendel?
400
Small sections of DNA that control traits.
What is a gene?
400
Forms egg and sperm
What is meiosis?
400
The physical trait that is expressed based on your inherited genotype.
What is phenotype?
400
A form of asexual reproduction that produces genetically identical offspring to the parent.
What is cloning?
400
Mass "ball" of cells.
What is a tumor?
500
Different forms of a gene (dominant or recessive).
What is an allele?
500
What do Mitosis and Meiosis have in common?
What is Interphase?
500
The percentage of getting a Aa on a Aa*Aa cross is.......
What is 50%?
500
The process of using bacteria to create something important for humans that we learned about in class.
What is human Insulin?
500
Picture of all the chromosomes has in all their pairs.
What is a karyotype?
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