Vocab #1
Structures on the tongue?
Taste buds
The chemical building blocks?
DNA
Do they have a dominant trait (Bb)?
YES
Where is papillae located on your tongue?
On the sides and tip of your tongue?
Where are genes located?
In chromosomes
Cells in the back of thee eye to see color?
Cones
A nerve that sends signals from the face?
Facial nerve
Is this recessive (BB)?
No
What transfers the signals from the eye to the brain?
Optic nerve
What are variations of genes?
Alleles
Different versions of the same gene?
Allele
The 20 different building blocks?
Amino Acids
Do they have brown hair? (brown hair is dominant and blonde hair is recessive) (bb)
No, they would have blonde hair
What are the 4 taste categories?
Sweet, salty, bitter, and sour
How do you get genes?
You inherit them from your parents
Organelle and cells that contain the genes?
Nucleus
A set of instructions that describes what amino acids are?
Genetic code
If mom has AA and dad has Aa, what allele combination would the child have?
50%-Aa 50%-AA
What is the range of papillae on our tongues?
2,000-10,000
Where is genetic code located?
Within the DNA molecule
A method of reproducing?
Sexual reproduction
A special type of molecule?
Proteins
How many boxes do you need to get 75%?
3 boxes
What do cone and rod cells do?
Rod cells help us see when there is not much light, and cones help us see colors of light
What do genes do in the body?
Give instructions to build proteins