DNA
What has DNA?
Every living organism
What does dominant mean?
Dominant is the stronger trait. It hides or masks the weaker traits.
True or false?
Gregor Mendel was a monk
True! Mendel was a monk.
How Many bases are there?
4.
Is Gregor Mendel is the father of geology?.....
No.
What does DNA look like?
A spiral staircase or a spiral ladder.
what does recessive mean?
Recessive is the weaker trait which is hidden or masked
True or false?
Pure Bred means two different forms of a trait.
False! Pure bred mean two of the same forms of a trait.
What are Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine and Thymine are.
The 4 nitrogen bases.
Gregor Mendel is considered the father of....
Genetics
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Having Two different alleles of a particular gene is.....
hetrozygous
True or false?
Phenotype is the physical appearance of a trait. Ex: Brown hair, Blue eyes, Free earlobe.
True!
What base does Adenine always pair with?
Thymine.
Who exactly was Gregor Mendel?
Mendel was a monk who lived in the 1800s in Austria.
What substances make up the backbone of a DNA molecule?
Sugar and Phosphate.
Homozygous is .....
Having two identical alleles of a particular gene.
True or false?
DNA is made in the Vacuole
False! DNA is made in the nucleus.
What base does Cytosine always pair with?
Guanine.
Was Gregor Mendel is was a scientist
Technically he was not because he taught high-school science at the monastery.
What substances make up the rungs of a DNA molecule?
Nitrogen bases
Genotype is....
Genetic makeup of all organisms.
True or false?
DNA counts as an acid
True! Hence its the acidic part of the molecule that dominates, and that is why we know DNA as an acid.
True or False?
The 4 bases are all made of pairs of chemicals
True.
What did Mendel notice/discover?
He noticed/discovered that certain traits in the parent plants could be predicted to occur in a certain percentage of the offspring.