Heredity
Punnett Squares/Pedigrees
DNA
Random
100
The passing of genetic material from parent(s) to offspring
What is heredity?
100
A graphic used to predict the possible genotypes of offspring in a given cross
What is a Punnett square?
100
The molecule that genetic material is contained in
What is DNA?
100
When a new base in DNA is added
What is an insertion?
200
Different forms of a charcteristic
What is a trait?
200
The mathematical relation of a chance to the number of possible outcomes
What is probability?
200
A building block of DNA made up of a base, a sugar, and a phosphate
What is a nucleotide?
200
A trait that shows in the phenotype if there are two recessive alleles in the genotype
What is a recessive trait?
300
A trait that shows in the offspring if there is one or more dominant allele in the genotype
What is a dominant trait?
300
The relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or contains within the other
What is a ratio?
300
The process with which new DNA is made
What is replication?
300
When each allele influences the phenotype without blending
What is codominance?
400
Segments of DNA that give instructions for producing a certain characteristic
What are genes?
400
A tool used to study patterns of inheritance
What are pedigrees?
400
Changes in the number, type, or order of bases in DNA
What are mutations?
400
When mutagens harm the normal function of a cell
What are genetic disorders?
500
The physical characteristics of an organism
What is the phenotype?
500
What is a Punnett square?
500
The shape of DNA
What is a double helix?
500
When each allele influences the phenotype by creating a new trait that is a blend of the parents' traits
What is incomplete dominance?