Belinda and John never lost their kid. It had been with them all along but they had lost their memory and forgot it was theirs. Oopsies! There is one thing tha keeps bothering the minds of scientists like you. The child has an extra toe but neither parents have an extra toe. WHat might have caused this?
What is a mutation?
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What letters are make up DNA?
What is A, C,G, and T?
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What makes up chromosomes?
What are alleles?
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List three types of hair styles.
What is curly, wavy, and straight?
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Kat has strait hair. Nobody else in her family does. Not one person. Is this a mutation?
What is yes?
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What is a gene?
What is a hereditary unit that occupies a specific location on a chromosome, determines a particular characteristic in an organism by directing the formation of a specific protein, and is capable of replicating itself at each cell division.
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Can females have a Y chromosome?
No
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Justin and Jessica had a kid. JUstin is homozygous dominant for blue hair. Jessica is heterozygous for blue hair. What color hair does the kid have?
What is blue hair?
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Erica has red hair. Many people in her family do. Is this a mutation?
What is no?
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What can DNA be used for?
What is determining your relatives?
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What is a chromosome?
What is a thread of DNA inside a nucleus?
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Blair and Spirit had a kid. Blair is heterozygous for her purple hair. Spirit is homozygous reccesive for his red hair. WHat color hair does the kid most likely have?
What is either one? It is a 50/50 chance for purple or blue.
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Wait. Let me get this strait. You have three thumbs?! Does anybody else in your family have three thumbs? no? What is that called?
What is a mutation?
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How are genes and jeans alike?
WHat is the fact that people can be somewhat described by them both.
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How many alleles do you get from your mom? How many from your dad?
What is 23 for both?
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Liz and Kid had a child. Liz is Heterozygous for her stripeless hair. Kid however, has half of his head covered with three white stripes. He is homozygous reccesive. Will baby Patty have stripes?
What is maybe? It is a 50/50 chance.
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How does a mutation occur?
What is it when a parent has a mutation and passes it on or a child had its DNA cut incorrectly?