Traits and reproduction
A long piece of DNA that contains many genes?
Chromosome
A type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of?
DNA
A characteristic that all members of a species have?
Feature
When a male and a female reproductive cell combine to create an offspring?
Fertilization
An instruction for making a protein molecule?
Gene
A specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule?
Gene version
Having gene versions that are different?
Heterozygous
Having gene versions that are the same?
Homozygous
To receive genes from a parent?
Inherit
A random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait?
Mutation
A type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms?
Protein Molecule
Each gene version provides a unique ________ to make a specific protein molecule.
Instruction
Differences in the structure of protein molecules affect how they connect to other protein molecules. This can result in different _____.
Traits
The structure of the molecule determines how they function at a molecular_______ , which determines the properties of the object they make up.
Scale
The function of a _____________ depends on its structure and how it interacts with other protein molecules?
protein molecule
_________can have different proteins in their cells for a particular feature
organisms
Through sexual reproduction, each offspring can inherit a different combination of gene versions. Therefore, siblings can have ______traits from each other and even from their parents.
Different
Each parent randomly passes on one of its two copies of each gene to its offspring. Each offspring, therefore, receives two copies of each gene, ____from each parent.
one
The ___copies of a gene for each feature can be the same version (Homozygous) and provide instructions for only one type of protein.
two
____are instructions for proteins
Genes
Asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction are the same?
False
Does only one parent determine your genes?
False
Each parent gives one random copy of their own gene?
True
Are mutations rare?
True
Each gene version provides a unique instruction to make a specific protein molecule in an __________ body
Organism