DNA
What is the shape of DNA?
Double Helix
Do genetics control your personality?
no
What is a cleft?
An indented line in the chin
What are genes?
a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.
Gregor Mendel was the father of _________
genetics
Which of the 4 bases connects with Adenine?
Thymine
what are genes made out of?
strands of DNA
If a mother has dominant brown hair genes and so does the father, then what color hair is dominant?
Brown hair
What are chromosomes?
tightly wound strands of DNA
True or False, Gregor Mendel lived during the 1900's?
False
Which of the 4 bases connects with Cytosine?
Guanine
What is Heredity?
The genes passed down by parents to children
What is a widows peak?
A hairline that is not straight
Recessive?
The weaker trait
What year did he write a paper describing experiments he did with garden pea plants?
1865
What are the sides of the twisted ladder called?
Backbone
What can genetics determine?
Bone Structure
Is BB dominant or recessive
Dominant
Dominant?
The stronger trait which masks the weaker one
Did Gregor Mendel live in Austria or Australia
Austria
What are the steps of the ladder called?
rungs
Bb is an example of what?
Heterozygous Recessive
Is Bb dominant or recessive
dominant
Heredity?
The passing down of traits from parents to kids
What did he notice?
He noticed that certain traits in the parent plants could be predicted to occur in a certain percentage of the offspring.