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Define allele.
What is a form of a gene?
100
Define fertilization.
What is the process in which an egg and sperm cells of the parent organisms unite in the first stage of sexual reproduction?
100
Define genotype.
What is the complete genetic makeup of an individual or a species?
100
Write the term that matches each definition. A section of DNA molecule that controls a trait;
What is a gene?
100
Which of the following is an example of an inherited trait? A. Donald plays the trumpet B. Lucas rolls his tongue C. Mikayla speaks French or D. Wanda enjoys swimming?
What is B. Lucas rolls his tongue?
200
Define asexual reproduction.
What is reproduction in which the offspring has only one parent?
200
Define heredity.
What is the passing of traits from one generation to the next?
200
Write the term that matches each definition. The passing of traits from parents to offspring:
What is heredity?
200
Genes code for inherited traits. Which of the following best describes a gene? A. A carbohydrate molecule B. A small protein molecule C. A section of DNA molecule or D. A chromosome?
What is C. A section of DNA molecule?
300
Define binary fission.
What is the process of one complete cell dividing into two identical, complete cells?
300
Define dominant allele.
What is the allele that codes for the trait that appears in an offspring when two different alleles are paired?
300
Define heterozygous.
What is having two different alleles for a single trait?
300
Write the term that matches each definition. A long molecule that contains genes:
What is your DNA?
300
What is the name for the process in which gametes merge to produce a complete set of chromosomes? A. Binary fission B. Fertilization C. Meiosis or D. Zygosis?
What is B. Fertilization?
400
Define chromosome.
What is a threadlike, DNA-carrying strand that contains the genes that tell what traits an organism will have; chromosomes exist in pairs in all cells expect gametes?
400
Define gamete.
What is a specialized cell of sexual reproduction; the sperm or egg?
400
Define homozygous.
What is having two identical alleles for a single trait.\?
400
Write the term that matches each definition. A characteristic in a plant or animal:
What is a trait?
400
A certain mammal has 12 chromosomes in a gamete cell. How many chromosomes are in a body cell of this mammal? A. 6 B. 12 C. 24 or D. 48?
What is C.24?
500
Define DNA.
What is the molecule that carries genetic information?
500
Define gene.
What is a unit found on a cell's chromosomes that carries information about a trait?
500
Define incomplete dominance.
What is a type of inheritance in which the traits of the parents appear to "blend"?
500
Write the term that matches each definition. The structure into which DNA arranges itself:
What is the chromosome?
500
Amanda is not sick, but she is the carrier of a disease allele. What is another way to describe her condition?
What is heterozgous for the disease gene?
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