Vocab 1
structures on the tongue.
Taste buds
The chemical building block
DNA
Do they have a dominant trait (Bb)
Yes
Where papillae located your tongue
The side and tip of your tongue
where are genes located
in chromosomes
cells in the back of the eye to see color
cones
A nerve that sends signal from the face.
Facial Nerve
Is this recessive(BB)
No
What trans for the signal from the eye to the brain
Optic nerve
what are variations of genes
alleles
Different versions of the same gene.
Allele
The 20 different building blocks
Amino Acids
Do they have brown hair(brown is dominant and blond is recessive) (bb)
They would have blond hair
What are the 4 taste catorgories
Sweet, salty, bitter, and sour
how do you get genes
You inherit them from your parents
Organelle and cells that contain the genes
nucleus
A set of instructions that describes what amino acid
Genetic code
If mom has AA and dad has Aa, what allele combo would the child have?
50%-Aa and 50%-AA
What is the range of papillae on tongue
2k-10k
where is genetic code located
within the DNA molecule
A method of reproducing.
Sexual reproduction.
Proteins
How many boxes do you need to get 50%
2 boxes
what do cone and rod cells do rod cells help
us see when there is not light and cones
what do genes do in the body
Give instructions to build proteins