Heredity
A dominant allele is represented by what?
A capital letter (EX: BB or Bb)
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
A phenotype determines what?
Physical Traits
Meiosis is also called what?
Sexual Reproduction
Mitosis is also called what?
Asexual Reproduction
Bees using pollen to fertilize a flower is what type of reproduction?
Meiosis
What is the shape of DNA?
Double helix
An organism's genetic makeup, or pattern of 2 alleles is called what?
Genotype
How many parents are involved in Meiosis?
2 parents with different DNA
How many parents are involved in Mitosis?
Only 1 parent
On a pedigree chart, what shape indicates a female?
Circle
Where is DNA located?
In the Nucleus
A purebred is what kind of pair?
Homozygous
What is the number 1 advantage of Meiosis?
Genetic Variation
What is the number 1 advantage of Mitosis?
You do NOT need a mate and it happens faster than Meiosis
Budding is an example of what type of reproduction?
Mitosis
How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have?
23 pairs (46 total chromosomes)
If a pair is heterozygous dominant, what would the genotype be?
1 capital letter and 1 lowercase letter (Ex: Bb)
What is the end result of Meiosis? What does it produce?
4 unique new cells. 23 chromosomes from the Mom and 23 from the Dad
What is the end result of Mitosis? What does it produce?
2 identical daughter cells
A purebred plant that has a genotype of GG is crossed with a purebred plant that has the genotype gg. What are all the possible genotypes of the offspring?
Only Gg
DNA has pairs of nitrogen bases. Adenine pairs with __________ and Guanine pairs with ____________.
Adenine pairs with Thymine
Guanine pairs with Cytosine
What is the probability that a child will inherit a recessive trait if both parents are heterozygous carriers?
25%
State the phases of Meiosis.
Prophase 1 Prophase 2
Metaphase 1 Metaphase 2
Anaphase 1 Anaphase 2
Telophase 1 Telophase 2
State the phases of Mitosis.
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase