Mendelian Genetics
Mendel is known as the “father” of this scientific field.
What is genetics?
The molecule that carries all genetic information is called this.
What is DNA?
The immune system uses these molecules to recognize and bind foreign invaders.
What are antibodies?
These cells carry oxygen in your blood and make it look red.
What are red blood cells?
This basic unit of heredity, passed from parents to offspring, is called a what?
What is a gene?
A small section of DNA that gives instructions for one trait is called this.
What is a gene?
The fluid part of blood that contains antibodies is called what?
What is plasma?
These white blood cells "eat" pathogens.
What are macrophages?
The appearance of a trait, such as “tall” or “short,” is called this.
What is a gene?
All the DNA you inherit from your mother and father combined is called your what?
What is your genome?
What is the innate immune system?
These white blood cells make antibodies to help fight infections.
What are B cells?
The appearance of a trait, such as “tall” or “short,” is called this.
What is phenotype?
A chart that follows a trait through a family, like a family tree for genetics, is called this.
What is a pedigree?
This group of blood proteins helps the immune system by marking and destroying germs; its name means it “adds to” immunity.
What is the complement system?
These white blood cells help control the immune response and help other immune cells work.
What are T cells?
A cross tracking two traits at once is called what?
What is a dihybrid cross?
When many genes together influence a single trait, the trait is called this.
What is a polygenic trait?
These two types of cells keep long-term memory of pathogens.
What are memory b-cells and memory t-cells?
These cells attack and destroy body cells that are infected with viruses.
What are cytotoxic t-cells? (Accepting "killer t-cells)