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Core Ideas
It takes all TYPES
Cows, birds, and goldfish, Oh My!
Breeding, nothing more than breeding
100
Each gene has two of these.
What are alleles?
100
Located within the chromosomes of cells. They come in two forms.
What are genes?
100
This describes the observable physical characteristics of an offspring.
What is phenotype?
100
These were the three phenotypes of cows that we studied.
What are typical, big-muscled, and partial?
100
This is used to predict the genes of an offspring.
What is a Punnett Square?
200
These are passed down from generation to generation and include examples like handedness (left or right), or dimples in your cheeks.
What are inherited traits?
200
Genes provide instructions for this, which determines the trait, if it fits.
What are proteins?
200
These are found in the nucleus and carry your genes.
What are chromosomes?
200
Speckled goldfish are this, since they have two different alleles.
What is heterozygous?
200
It requires two copies of this allele to show the trait.
What is recessive alles?
300
The different phases a cell goes through that produces daughter clones of the parent.
What is mitosis?
300
Changes in genes that result in structural changes to proteins.
What are mutations?
300
The different alleles that determine which proteins are made.
What is genotype?
300
For birds, we choose red wings and long tail feathers on purpose for mating.
What is selective breeding?
300
This is an example of...
What is pedigree?
400
Sea stars and planarians can do this to reproduce.
What is fragmentation?
400
These proteins act together to expand and contract muscles.
What are actin and myosin?
400
These have two copies of the allele to show the phenotype.
What are recessive traits?
400
He was the father of modern genetics who bred pea plants. Give his full name.
Who was Gregor Mendel?
400
Results in genetically identical offspring.
What is asexual reproduction?
500
This is necessary for successful evolution of a species:
What is genetic variation?
500
This produces offspring with genetic variation.
What is sexual reproduction?
500
It only takes one of these to show a trait.
What is dominant allele?
500
This is why a big-muscled cow has big muscles. This is the reason at the cellular level (3 words)
What is partial myostatin protein?
500
When a parent cell splits into two halves, producing two new cells.
What is binary fission?