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Basics/Vocab
Genetic Engineering
Probability
Non-Mendelian Genetics
Mendelian Genetics
100
What is the word that means "The scientific study of heredity"
What is genetics
100

Name one substance that can now be synthesized through genetic engineering.

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100

What is probability

The likelihood that something will happen

100

Type of inheritance where the heterozygous individual for a trait is a blending of the dominant and recessive traits.

Incomplete Dominance

100
What is a "tool used in genetics to predict the chances of a specific genetic outcome"
What is the Punnett Square
200

In which molecule are genetics stored and carried down?

DNA

200

What does it mean to be transgenic?

DNA from two or more organisms are spliced together into another organism.

200

Describe the difference between expected outcome and observed outcome.

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200

Type of inheritance where both forms of the trait are expressed equally

Codominance

200

What genotypes are possible for a cross between: Rr and RR

RR & Rr

300

In genetics, what do we call the appearance of a trait in an organism

Phenotype

300

What does GMO stand for?

Genetically modified organism.

300

What are two ways you can express probability?

Percent, ratio, fraction or decimal

300

What are the possible genotypes for someone with B blood?

BB and BO

300

Describe these genotypes using words; HH, Hh and hh.

HH: homozygous dominant Hh: heterozygous hh: homozygous recessive

400

What do you call an organism’s genetic make-up or allele combination?

Genotype

400

This type of enzyme cuts the DNA to allow other genes to be inserted.

Restriction enzyme

400

What is the probability formula?

The number of times an event is expected to occur/number of opportunities for an event to happen

400

If someone with A blood and someone with B blood have a child what type of blood types could their children have?

All blood types; A, B, AB and O

400
What is the phenotypic ratio of RR x Rr? (R is for red and r is for white)
What is 100% Red
500

Where was Gregor Mendel born

Austria

500

This process separates pieces of DNA from different individuals based on size

Gel electrophoresis

500

If you flip a coin three times, what is the probability it will land heads up every time?

1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2 = 1/8

500

If a colorblind male has a child with a female who does not carry the colorblindness gene what two things are  true about all of their daughters?

They will all be normal vision and will all be carriers for colorblindness.

500

What is the genotypic ratio for RR x rr?

What is 100% Rr