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Genetics
Heredity
Reproduction
Heredity and Repro
Misc
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The study of heredity.

What is genetics? 

100

The passage of genetic instructions (traits) from parent to offspring.

What is heredity?

100

Sexual reproduction produces offspring that are genetically _____________ to the parents.

Similar

100

Name 2 inherited traits. 

Eye Color, skin color, hair color, hair texture, etc. 

100

How are traits passed from parent to offspring?

Through genes during reproduction

200

Where are genes located?

On sections of the chromosomes

200

Who first studied heredity and the passage of traits from one generation to the next? He was an Austrian Monk

Gregor Mendel

200
Asexual reproduction produces offspring that are genetically ____________ to the parent.
Identical
200

Because gametes have HALF of the chromosomes, what does this create in the offspring produced? 

Genetic diversity

200
Name two traits that could be inherited from a parent?
Examples: hair color, eye color, height, skin color, freckles, etc...
300

What are the threadlike bundled structures of DNA that carry genes called?

Chromosomes

300
What type of organism did Gregor Mendel use to first study heredity?
Pea Plants
300
If you are studying a population of genetically identical individuals, you can conclude that these individuals reproduce how?
Asexually
300

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You LOSE 300 points.

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Inherited traits that children get from their parents come from-
Genes
400

The physical trait observed in an offspring that is expressed from the genotype 

Phenotype

400

The gene that is expressed in the genotype.

Dominant

400

How many parents are involved in asexual reproduction?

One

500

What do we call the genetic make up of the individual, represented by a set of 2 letters?

Genotype

500
How many chromomsomes do humans have?
46 or 23 pair
500

The gene that is masked in the genotype. 

recessive

500

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You get 500pts.