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Genes and DNA
Chromosomes and Alleles
Traits
Mutations
Homozygous or heterozygous
100
What is DNA?
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
100
Where are chromosomes located in a cell?
What is a nucleus?
100
What eye color trait is dominant in our class?
What is brown?
100
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?
100
John and Sally got married. They had a kid. John was homozygous dominant for his brown eyes. Sally was homozygous reccesive for her green eyes. Was the kid homozygous dominant, homozygous reccesive, or heterozygous?
What is heterozygous?
200
What letters are make up DNA?
What is A, C,G, and T?
200
What makes up chromosomes?
What are alleles?
200
List three types of hair styles.
What is curly, wavy, and straight?
200
Kat has strait hair. Nobody else in her family does. Not one person. Is this a mutation?
What is yes?
200
Dracula and Medusa had a child. Dracula is heterozygous for his fangs and Medusa is homozygous for her human style teeth. Is the child homozygous dominant, homozygous reccesive, or heterozygous?
What is either homozygous reccesive or heterozygous?
300
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.
300
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?
300
Erica has red hair. Many people in her family do. Is this a mutation?
What is no?
300
Mrs. Piggy and Elmo fell in love, got married, and had a kid. Mrs. Piggy is pink skinned and she is homozygous dominant. Elmo is homozygous reccesive. What is their kid?
What is heterozygous?
400
What can DNA be used for?
What is determining your relatives?
400
What is a chromosome?
What is a thread of DNA inside a nucleus?
400
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.
400
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?
400
Bob and Bobby both were homozygous reccesive. If they had a kid, what would it be?
What is homozygous reccesive?
500
How are genes and jeans alike?
WHat is the fact that people can be somewhat described by them both.
500
How many alleles do you get from your mom? How many from your dad?
What is 23 for both?
500
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.
500
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?
500
Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvim John Kenneth Loyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor Willian Xerxes Yancy Zeus got married and had a child with Alice. The one with the REALLY long name is heterozygous for 6 toes on his right foot. Alice is also heterozygous for 6 toes on her right foot. Is their child the same as them?
What is yes?