Inheritance
What organelle is the protein factory
ribosomes
If an organism (sexually reproduced) has 38 chromosomes in its body cells, it has how many chromosomes from each parent.
What is 19 chromosomes (half from each parent).
DNA is what?
Blueprint of life
__________ are sections of DNA, which code for a trait.
What are genes?
What is the terms for passing traits to offspring
Heredity
A form of a gene, one is received from each parent, represented by a letter.
What is an allele?
I received a dominant allele for eye color from my mom (BB), and a recessive allele from my dad (bb). What word the probability outcome be for my kids having the recessive?
0%
This is when DNA is all coiled up. It's called a
Chromosome
This genetic term indicates physical appearance, like dimples.
phenotype
Tt, AA, Bb, and ZZ are all examples of which?
A) phenotype
B) DNA
C) genotype
C) genotype
Refers to an organisms physical appearance or physical traits.
What is a phenotype?
Dominant vs Recessive: Does the following describe dominant or recessive traits?
Must take BOTH or two alleles to be visible
A) dominant
b) recessive
b) recessive
Which type of allele is always represented by a capital letter?
A) recessive
B) dominant
B) dominant
Traits that are developed by an environmental influence, such as a scar, are called ____________ traits.
A) inheritated traits
B) acquired traits
B) acquired traits
If mom has the genotype BB for eye color, and dad has the genotype Bb for eye color, where B = brown and b = blue, which is the most probable eye color of the offspring?
(HINT: you can draw a Punnett square to help you)
A) Brown B) Blue
A) Brown
The name of the probability square the shows the possible outcomes of inherited traits.
The Punnett Square
Dominant vs Recessive: Does the following describe dominant or recessive traits?
Always shows up when present.
A) dominant
b) recessive
A) dominant
If both parents are bb, the probability of the child being Bb is what?
0%
If your child is XY on the 23rd chromosome, what are they?
male
what is the name of the shape of DNA
Double helix
What is the anti-codon for the following base pairs:
TACCG
ATGGC
Dominant vs Recessive: Does the following describe dominant or recessive traits?
Can be a hidden trait.
A) dominant
b) recessive
b) recessive
Normal human DNA has this number of chromosomes.
What is 46?
Which of the following shows all heterzygous traits?
A) HH, bb, Aa, YY
B) hh, Bb, Aa, Yy
C) Aa, Tt, Hh, Zz
C) Aa, Tt, Hh, Zz
What is the ultimate goal of DNA
Code for protein