Vocabulary
genes
how traits are passed on
Is the square filled in or nor for a male with big muscles in a pedigree?
filled in
Is a dominant allele capital or lower case?
capital
A person with red hair is describing a phenotype or genotype?
phenotype
heredity
study of genetics
Does myosin pull on actin or actin pulls on myosin?
myosin pulls on actin
What do you call an organism with these alleles: HH or hh?
homozygous
Type of plant Mendel used in his heredity experiments.
pea
phenotype
physical appearance
2 proteins that help muscles contract
myosin, actin
What do you call an organism with a dominant and recessive allele?
heterozygous
How many nucleotides (chemicals) make up DNA?
4
Order of size from smallest to largest: chromosome, DNA, gene
gene, DNA, chromosome
(gene, chromosome, DNA) if explained
Name of the chart with the family tree of cattle
pedigree
Name of data table used to determine probability of different genotypes
punnet square
How many chromosomes do humans usually have?
46 (23 pair)
allele
we'll discuss
New protein introduced that contributes to muscles when it is a partial protein.
myostatin
Austrian monk who first explained recessive and dominant alleles
Gregor Mendel
The century that heredity was explained more fully by the "father of modern genetics."
19th century (1800s)