Genetics 1
What is another word for heterozygous?
Hybird
Whats genetic info you get from your parents called?
Inherited
Whats the study of heredity ?
Genetics
What's Deoxyribonucleic Acid?
DNA
A gene can have a maximum of two alleles.
False
What is another name for purebred?
Homozygous
What do Mutations change?
Mutations change the spelling of the gene.
Whats a specific form of gene?
Allele
What is the punnett square used for?
To see the outcome of genetic crossings.
People have approximately 25,000 genes.
True
What shows all of the possible outcomes of a genetic cross.
Punnett square
This type of organism has 2 different alleles for a trait.
Heterozygous
What is something that can be inherited and can be either dominant or recessive.
Trait
How do we bulid an orgaism?
DNA
Your DNA determines what you'll be like when you grow up.
False
This is passing of physical characteristics from parent to offspring.
Heredity
TT and tt are both examples of ___________ trait.
Purebred/Homozygous
What are Genetic Structures?
Chromosome, DNA, Gene, and Allele
If each of us get 23 chromosomes from each parent, how many do we get from both?
46
All traits are either dominant or recessive.
False
Whos the scientist who first began studying heredity and genetics. (not in notes)
Gregor Mendel
What is somebody's physical appearance called?
Phenotype
What's the name of technology for editing genes? (not in notes)
Crisper
What do we call the genetic make up of the individual, represented by a set of letters?
Genotype
Genes located further apart from one another on a chromosome have a greater chance of crossing over. (not in notes)
True