Genes
What is the job of a gene?
What is...to give instructions for proteins to be built.
Where are the proteins located?
What is....in the cell.
What is it called when there is a difference in traits between a species?
What is...variation.
Through what process do we inherit our genes?
What is....sexual reproduction.
What two gene versions are possible for an offspring to receive? Mother: F1F2 Father F2F2
What is...F1F2 and F2F2.
If a gene has the version A1A3 the gene is _______.
What is heterozygous.
All proteins have a ________, which leads to a proteins trait.
What is...function.
The protein ACTN3 was being researched for its impact on what?
What is...the impact on how fast a runner can run.
What is it called when the sperm meets the egg?
What is...fertilization.
There is a baby bird who has short beak. One parent has a medium beak, and the other parent has a long beak. How does the baby bird have a medium beak?
What is...we receive one gene copy from each parent and through the process of sexual reproduction we can receive different combinations of gene versions from our parents, which can lead to different proteins being built, and potentially different traits from our parents.
If a gene is homozygous there gene versions are the _______.
What is....same.
All proteins have a ______, which gives the protein their function.
What is....structure.
What is the difference between a feature and trait?
What is...All of a species has a feature, trait is a unique individual characteristic.
Can we take after just one parent? Why or Why not?
What is...No, because we get exactly one gene from each parent.
There is a baby tree frog that has deadly poison. It's father has poison that only stuns, and its mother has deadly poison. How does the offspring have deadly poison?
What is...through sexual reproduction you receive one gene copy from each parent which can result in any combination of gene versions, which can lead to the possibility of receiving the same genes, build the same proteins, leading to the same traits as one of your parents.
Every Gene has 2 copies another word for those copies is what?
What is allele.
If you added a protein to an organisms cell would the trait of the organism change permanently? Why?
What is....No, because the cell is not producing that protein so the trait would only temporarily change.
How many genes do we have in our body?
What is....23.
How can an offspring inherit a trait that a parent does not have?
What is...we receive one gene copy from each parent and during sexual reproduction any combination of those genes can come together potentially resulting in a different trait than the parents.
There are 3 sibling goldfish who have the same parents, but each sibling has a different scale color. How can the siblings have different traits when they have the same parents?
What is...We receive one gene copy from each parent and through the process of sexual reproduction any sperm can fertilize any egg resulting in a different combination of genes, which can build different proteins, resulting in potentially different traits through the siblings.
Genes give the instructions to what organism in order to build the proteins?
What is....Ribosomes?
If an organism has only 1 type of protein in it, what would happen if you added another type of protein to the cell?
What is...The trait and gene version would change.
Hemophilia is the lack of blood clotting protein...how does a person end up with the disorder hemophilia?
What is the difference between fraternal and identical twins?
What is...Identical twins, one sperm fertilizes one egg and it splits, whereas fraternal twins two different sperm fertilize two different eggs at roughly the same time.
There is a baby crocodile with medium snout length. Both parents have long snouts. How do gene versions determine the offspring's traits?
What is...through sexual reproduction an offspring can receive different combinations of genes from there parents, given these different combinations of genes they give instructions to build different proteins, which can lead to different traits.