This man is the father of genetics and created the Punnett Square.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
100
Little blobs of DNA that tell us what we look like.
What are genes?
100
Funky letters are known as ____ ______ ______.
What are complimentary base pairs?
100
An organism consisting of genetic material (RNA/DNA) surrounded with a coating.
What is a virus?
200
This term means that the gene would win the “arm wrestle”.
What is dominant?
200
aa stands for this genotype.
What is homozygous recessive?
200
This is the brain of the cell that holds the genetic information.
What is the nucleus?
200
Humans share _____% of their genes with other humans.
What is 99.5%?
200
An organism that transmits a virus.
What is a vector?
300
This term means that the gene would lose the “arm wrestle”.
What is recessive?
300
AA stands for this genotype.
What is homozygous dominant?
300
This is the carrier of genetic information.
What is DNA?
300
An analogy for complementary base pairs that we discussed in class is ______. (Hint, think of shoes)
What is Jessica's closet?
300
Place or geological feature where Ebola was found.
What is the Ebola (Zaire) River?
400
Brown eyes are considered a __________ trait.
What is dominant?
400
Aa stands for this genotype.
What is heterozygous?
400
_______ is the basic unit of all living things.
What are cells?
400
What are the four complementary base pairs for DNA matched up?
What are adenine-thymine, cytosine-guanine?
400
__.__.__.and __.__.__. work together to collect and distribute information on recent outbreaks and discoveries.
What are WHO and CDC?
500
Blue eyes are considered a __________ trait.
What is recessive?
500
These two genotypes will create a dominant phenotype.
What is Aa and AA?
500
________ are blobs of many pieces of DNA that store your genes (Hint: We didn’t go over this in class, but it was on your homework. It starts with a C)
What are chromosomes?
500
Dr. Ayton, and all other human beings, have _____________ cells. (Hint: a number)
What is 50,000,000,000,000 or 50 trillion?
500
Doctors often give _______ to treat viral infections, and ______ to prevent them.