The phase of mitosis where the chromosomes align at the center of the cell
What is metaphase
100
Compared to a parent cell, a cell that has undergone meiosis has this many chromosomes
What is half (n)
100
Alternate versions of a character
What are traits
100
In seals long whiskers are dominant over short whiskers. What is the phenotype ratio of the cross between two heterozygous long whisker seals?
What is 3:1
100
The division of the cytoplasm
What is Cytokinesis
200
The phase of mitosis where sister chromatid are pulled apart
What is anaphase
200
The type of cells that meiosis creates
What is gametes
200
alternate versions of a gene
What is alleles
200
Mendel found that crossing wrinkle-seeded plants and pure round-seeded plants produced only round seeded plants. Which trait is dominant?
What is round
200
Egg and sperm are this type of cell
What is gamete/haploid
300
The part of the cell cycle when chromosomes look like chromatin
What is Interphase
300
The phase in which crossing over occurs
What is Prophase I
300
Alleles that are identical
What are homozygous
300
If two people who are both carriers for a genetically inherited fatal recessive disease decide to become parents, what will be the odds that their children will also be carriers?
What is 50%
300
An organisms genetic makeup
What is genotype
400
Long DNA molecules containing 1000s of genes
What is chromosomes
400
These are separated during meiosis I
What is homologous chromosomes
400
Alleles that are different
What is heterozygous
400
A red carnation is crossed with a white carnation and the resulting offspring are all pink (incomplete dominance). What would be the phenotype ratio of a cross between a pink and white carnation?
What is 2:2
400
An organisms physical appearance
What is phenotype
500
The two phases of mitosis that are essentially opposite in terms of changes to the nucleus
What are Prophase and Telophase
500
These are separated during meiosis II
What is sister chromatid
500
The allele that is physically expresses in a heterozygous pair
What is dominant
500
In pea plants purple is dominant over white and round seeds are dominant over wrinkled. What would be the phenotype ratio of a cross between a white wrinkled plant and a plant heterozygous for both traits?
What is 4:4:4:4
500
The process that directs the production of protein based upon your DNA code