The "blueprint" for life
DNA
What does replicate mean?
To make a copy
Fragmentation is another form of what type of reproduction?
asexual
What is phenotype?
Give me an example
physical characteristic
Dominant alleles are represented by a
A Capital Letter
The physical and behavioral characteristics of an organism
Traits
The splitting of single cell organisms into daughter cells
Cell division
What are the 2 ways organisms can reproduce?
Asexually and sexually
Which of the following is a phenotype?
1.Aa
2.red hair
3.heterozygous
4.DNA
2
Two brown eyed parents (Bb) have a baby. What is the chance the baby is blue eyed?
25%
Traits can be passed down from parents to offspring are called
Hereditary
What are the phases of mitosis?
Interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase and cytokinesis.(daughter cells).
The ability of a mature organism to have offspring
reproduction
Give me an example of homozygous dominant?
HH
II
OO
LL any uppercase
G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...
gg
The scientific name for DNA
Deoxyribose nucleic acid
Which is the longest phase of mitosis?
Prophase
What type of reproduction is common in organisms with short life cycles and with species that need dense populations to overcome predation and other threats?
Asexual
Aa, DD, bB, yy are all examples of
Genotype
What is the dominant trait?
Yellow pea seed
How many chromosome pairs are found in the nucleus?
23
How many chromosomes move to the end of each cell during anaphase?
Resulting in how many pairs?
46
23
How many daughter cells are formed at the end of Meiosis?
4
Heterozygous is when...
the alleles are different
Trait of an organism that can be HIDDEN by the dominant form of a trait.
Recessive trait