Name that Vertebrate Class
Genetics part 2
Metric Conversions
Dissection Trivia
Symbiosis
100
Elephant

Class Mammalia

100
Term for a kind of trait that will "take over" if present and cause its information to be expressed

Dominant 


100

155 cm in meters

1.55 meters

100

These creatures that we dissected are hermaphroditic

earthworms

100

Relationship in which 2 (or more) species live together such that all mutually benefit from each other

Mutualism

200

Bullfrog

Class Amphibia

200

portion of DNA that codes for a specific trait

Either "Gene" or "Allele" will work

200

155 m in km

0.155 km

200

Male vs. Female crayfish:

anterior most swimmerets are larger and L-shaped

Male

200

Relationship in which 2 (or more) species live together such that one benefits and the other is harmed

Parasitism

300
Rattlesnake

Class Reptilia

300

Term for two chromosomes that carry the same range of information (similar but not exactly the same)

Homologous Chromosomes

300

155 mg in cg

15.5 cg

300

What is caviar ?

(Something we failed to see in any of our Perch specimens)

Fish eggs

300

Relationship in which 2 (or more) species live together in which one benefits and the other is indifferent (neutral - neither helped nor harmed)

Commensalism

400

Hammerhead Shark

Class Chondrichthyes

400

The actual DNA/alleles that an organism possesses - not necessarily what will be expressed

Genotype

400

155 kg in Dag

15,500 Dag

400

Scientific term for "toward the tail"

Posterior

400
Always cook pork to 165 degrees or higher to AVOID what parasites?

pork tapeworms and/or pork roundworms
(Taenia and/or Trichinella)

500

Lamprey

Class Agnatha

500

The physical traits that are manifested as a result of which genes/alleles were actually expressed in an organism

the Phenotype

500

155 kg in mg

155,000,000 mg

500

Scientific term for "toward the back"

"Dorsal"

500

How did your puppy acquire dog tapeworms - Dipylidium caninum - (same method you would have to do in order to catch these parasites)?

By ingesting an infected flea!