The movement defined by "the science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics."
What is eugenics
200
The technical name for the shape of DNA
What is the double helix
200
A tool that we use to predict the traits of offspring
What is Punnett Square
200
One of the two main components of the theory of natural selection.
What is common descent OR descent with modification
200
The word for the front or stomach side of an organism
What is ventral
200
The most popular technology to alter genes
What is CRISPR
300
The corresponding DNA code to ATCG
What is TAGC
300
When a person has two different alleles for a gene
What is heterozygous
300
Structures in two unrelated organisms that look similar and have a similar function
What are analogous structures
300
A structure that does not seem to have a purpose in an organism
What is a vestigial structure
300
The country that first tested CRISPR on human embryos
What is China
400
The nucleotide that is found in RNA but not in DNA
What is uracil
400
The two genotypes that can result in a dominant phenotype (Use B)
What is Bb and BB
400
When the organisms on the two extremes of a curve are more fit than those in the middle
What is disruptive selection
400
The gland that looks like a flap of tissue on the top of the heart
What is the thymus
400
The genetic technique that scientists are using to combat the Zika virus
What is genetically modified mosquitos
500
The sugar found in DNA
What is deoxyribose
500
The phenotype ratio that occurs when crossing two heterozygous parents (Tt x Tt)
What is 3:1
500
The method of dating that uses carbon-14 to determine how old a fossil is
What is radioactive dating
500
Worms have both male and female parts. Name both.
What are the seminal vesicle and seminal receptor.
500
The bill that was recently passed in the UK allowed for .....