The Basics
Peas, Peas, Pretty Peas
What's in Your Genes?
What are the Chances?
Miscellaneous
100
The scientific study of heredity is called ...
What is GENETICS
100
Mendel noticed that traits seemed to skip a generation when he was growing these.
What are PEA PLANTS.
100
The factors that control a trait
What is GENES
100
An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations
What is GENOTYPE
100
The genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring
What is DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
200
Different characteristics such as color and height are called ...
What is a TRAIT
200
An organism with TWO different alleles for a trait
What is a HYBRID
200
An organism's traits are controlled by the ________ it inherits from its parents.
What are ALLELES
200
An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits
What is PHENOTYPE
200
One of the 23 pairs of these found in every human cell.
What are CHROMOSOMES?
300
He is credited with the theory of evolution.
Who is CHARLES DARWIN?
300
A recessive allele is represented by a __________ letter, while dominant allele is represented by a __________ letter.
What is LOWERCASE and UPPERCASE
300
Allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present
What is a DOMINANT ALLELE
300
An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait is said to be ___________
What is HOMOZYGOUS
300
If Brown fur (B) is dominant to Black fur (b), what % chance is there that these dogs would have puppies with Brown fur?
What is 100%
400
This Monk is dubbed the "Father of Genetics"
Who is GREGOR MENDEL
400
In Mendel's first generation of peas, he crossed Round seeds (dominant) with Wrinkled seeds (recessive). What % of the seeds came out Wrinkled?
What is 0%. None of them were wrinkled.
400
Allele whose trait is normally hidden whenever the dominant allele is present
What is a RECESSIVE ALLELE
400
An organism that has two different alleles for a trait is said to be ______________
What is HETEROZYGOUS
400
What do you know about the genotype of the parents?
The are HETEROZYGOUS.
500
A tool that can help you understand how the laws of probability apply to genetics
What is a PUNNETT SQUARE
500
In Mendel's second generation of peas, he crossed seeds that were hybrids for Round (dominant) and Wrinkled (recessive) seeds. What % of the seeds came out Round?
What is 75%. Some were wrinkled, because both parent plants were hybrids.
500
A person who is heterozygous for a trait shows which allele?
What is a DOMINENT?
500
Brown hair (B) is dominant to blonde hair (b). How many offspring would you expect to have brown hair in a cross between 1 homozygous dominant and 1 homozygous recessive parent.
4/4 OR 100%
500
This ability to modify someone's genes, whether for medical reasons or just to change their appearance, is known as this.
What is GENE EDITING or GENETIC MODIFICATION?