Genetics and Inheritance
Cats either have curly hair (C) or straight hair (c). A cat has the genotype Cc. What is its phenotype?
What is curly hair
What are the four main blood types in the ABO system?
What are A, B, AB, and O
How many TOTAL chromosome does a human inherit from their parents
What is 46 (23 pairs)
The genetic material that is divided during cell reproduction
What is DNA
The process in which a species has changed over time is known as this.
What is evolution
In rhinos, a straight horn is represented by S and a curved horn is represented by s. A rhino has the genotype Ss. What type of genotype is this?
What is Heterozygous
What does the Rh factor determine?
What is positive or negative blood
A cell containing only one set of chromosomes.
What is a gamete
What is the complementary DNA strand of CGTATG?
What are GCATAC
Preserved remains of ancient organisms
What are fossils
Which type of reproduction involves two parents?
What is sexual reproduction
Which blood type is the universal donor?
What is O Negative
The first phase of mitosis during which chromatin condenses into chromosomes.
What is prophase
What are the 2 directions of the DNA strands called?
The scientist known as the "Father of Evolution"
Who is Charles Darwin
What are the two gametic cells used in sexual reproduction?
What are egg and sperm
Which blood component helps in clotting?
What are platelets
One of two identical parts of a duplicated chromosome.
What is a chromatid
What enzyme uncoils (unzips) DNA so it can be replicated?
What is helicase
The ability of an individual to survive and reproduce is known as this.
What is fitness
What are the two types of reproduction?
What are sexual and asexual
What type of inheritance pattern controls the ABO blood group?
What are multiple alleles
The fourth phase of mitosis during which the nuclear envelope reforms around each new set of chromosomes.
What is telophase
The short segments of the lagging strand are called what?
What are Okazaki fragments
This is a type of structure that was once used in a species, but has since evolved to be of no real use.
What is a vestigial structure