Vocab
The structure of this molecule can determine it's function, and this plays an important role in the body
What is a protein molecule?
Organisms can have different proteins in their cells for a particular (blank)
What is a feature?
You get one one of these from each parent.
What is an allele?
The shared characteristic of a species
What is a feature?
(Blank) are instructions for proteins
What is a gene?
A long piece of DNA that contains many genes
What is a chromosome?
The two copies of a gene for each feature can be the same version (blank) and provide instructions for only one type of protein
What is homozygous?
An organism produces as a result of reproduction
What is an offspring?
The two copies of a gene for each feature can be different versions (blank) and provide instructions for two type of protein
What is heterozygous?
The parts of a cell that build protein molecules based on instructions from genes
What is a ribosome?
Each parent randomly passes on one of its two copies of each gene to its (blank). Each offspring therefore receives two copies of each (blank), one from each parent.