Heredity Terms
DNA Structure and Fuction
Punnet Squares
Pedigree
Miscellaneous
100
What is the passing of genetic material from parents to offspring
Heredity
100
What is the shape of DNA?
A double helix
100
What do capital letters show?
Dominant phenotype
100
what does this line mean?
marriage/mated
100
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
200
What are different versions of a gene called?
Alleles
200
What percentage of our DNA is different from eachother?
.1%
200
To find traits passed down generations do you use punnet squares or something else?
no, pedigrees
200
How are punnet squares and pedigrees different?
Punnet squares show possibilities for the offspring and pedigrees show how traits and or diseases are passes down.
200
Does Emily still get treatment for SMA?
No
300
What are segments of DNA found in chromosomes that give instructions for producing a certain characteristic
Genes
300
What is DNA made of?
Genetic code
300
Whose genotypes go on the top and side of punnet squares?
The parents genotypes.
300
what does a pedigree show us?
traits that are passed down and if they are dominant or recessive
300
What are the 3 outcomes for a mutation?
No effect, minor effect, great effect
400
What is a characteristic?
a feature that has different forms in a population
400
What are Adenine, Guanine, Thymine, and Cytosine
DNA code
400
Do punnet squares show what all the offspring's genotypes will be?
No, it shows the possibilities for one offspring.
400
What do Circles represent on a pedigree
females
400
What are the 2 processes for RNA
Transcription & Translation
500
what did Gregor Mendel do?
discovered Genetics
500
What does the M in MRNA stand for?
Messenger
500
What do punnet squares show?
The probability or possible genotypes of offspring
500
What are males represented as in pedigrees?
Squares
500
What type of SMA does Christopher have?
Type 2