Class 1
What is the study of how traits are passed down from parent to child
Genetics
Can you get your hair color from your uncle?
No-Traits are only passed down from your parents and grandparents
Genes are always located in the same location on a DNA strand True or False
True
What are the instructions that make us
DNA
Of the nucleotide bases: T pairs with ______
A
What are the two types of traits
Inherited and Acquired
Trait we are born with is called
Inherited Trait
Name 5 inherited traits on a dog
head shape, hair type, hair color, eye color, ear shape, tail shape, leg length, body shape
A trait that overshadows and is expressed with a Capital letter
Dominant
Of the nucleotide bases: C pairs with ________
G
Your eye color is a/an _______ trait
Inherited
The recipe for us
DNA
We get half our DNA from _______ and half from ____
Mom and Dad
The genetic makeup of a trait represented by the alleles (Bb bb etc.)
Genotype
A trait that hides in the background and is expressed with a lower case letter
Recessive
Being a good tennis player is a/an ________ trait
Acquired
The section of DNA that carries the trait
Gene
An observable characteristic of a human is called a
Trait
The observable characteristics of a trait resulting from its genotype
phenotype
Each letter in genotype Aa represent one _____
allele
We get our traits from ____
Mom and Dad
We share over 99% of our DNA with all humans. True or false
True
What is the diagram used to predict the possible combinations of genotypes from two parents
Punnet Square
All the versions of a trait (blue, brown, green, hazel eyes).
allele
Bb = Brown eyes - Bb is the ____ and Brown eyes is the ________
Bb is the genotype and Brown eyes is the phenotype