Genetics
Genetics Since Mendel
Advances in Genetics
Punnet Squares
Pedigrees
100
The passing of traits from parent to offspring
What is heredity?
100
When the offspring of two homozygous parents show an intermediate phenotype.
What is incomplete dominance?
100
Chromosomes are made up of this.
What is DNA?
100
Number of squares in a Punnet Square
What is 4?
100
A chart of genetics history of a family over several generations?
What is a Pedigree?
200
The study of how traits are inherited through the interactions of alleles
What is genetics?
200
A trait that is controlled by more than two alleles.
What is multiple alleles?
200
Biological and chemical methods used to change the arrangement of DNA is called what?
What is Genetic Engineering?
200
Trait to be looked at, Dominant vs Recessive traits, Parents alleles.
What needs to be known when making a Punnett Square?
200
A square represents this.
What is male on a pedigree?
300
An organism's form and function.
What are the functions of genes on chromosomes.
300
A trait that is produced by a combination of many genes.
What is polygenic inheritance?
300
Benefits of Genetic Engineering
What are improved crop production, production of human insulin and growth hormone.
300
All results in a Punnet Square
What happens when one parent is homozygous dominant and one is recessive?
300
Represents marriage.
What is a horizontal line?
400
The different forms of a trait that a gene may have. They come in pairs, one from mother one from father.
What are alleles?
400
Errors in DNA.
What are mutations?
400
Inserting a useful segment of DNA from one organism into a bacterium
What is Recombinant DNA?
400
1:2:1 ratio in a Punnet Square?
What would the ratio be if both parents were heterozygous?
400
Children are placed in order.
How is oldest through youngest represented?
500
The father of genetics.
Who was Gregor Mendel?
500
Can also be a factor in polygenic inheritance.
What is environment?
500
Normal allele is placed in a virus and it delivers the normal allele when it infects its target cell.
What is Gene Therapy?
500
Dominant trait shows, but the recessive trait is masked.
What happens when there is heterozygous?
500
Shaded square/circle.
What has the trait?
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