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13 INHERITANCE Flashcards

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Shape of DNA

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Double Helix

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Adenine pairing

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Thymine

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Thymine pairing

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Adenine

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Cytosine pairing

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Guanine

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Guanine

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Pairing

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6
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Where are genes and chromosomes stored

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Nucleus contains chromosomes on which genes are located

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What is a nucleotide

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Deoxyribose sugar, phosphate base, and nitrogenous base

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What is the genome

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The entire DNA of an organism

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What is a gene

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A section of a molecule of DNA that codes for a specific protein

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10
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Shape of RNA

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Single stranded

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Differences from DNA and RNA

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  • RNA is single stranded, wheras DNA is double strnaded
  • DNA has deoxyribose sugar, wheras RNA has ribose sugar
  • RNA has Uracil base, wheras DNA has thymine base
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12
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Adenine pairing in RNA

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Uracil

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Uracil pairing

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Adenine

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mRNA meaning

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Messenger RNA

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tRNA meaning

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Transfer RNA

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Where is mRNA made

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Nucleus

17
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Where is tRNA made

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Cytoplasm

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What is a codon

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A sequence of 3 bases

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Are chromosomes homologous or heterozygous

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Homologous

20
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What is an allele

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A different version of a gene, which codes for a different form of protein

21
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XX sex chromosomes meaning

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Female

22
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XY sex chromosomes meaning

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Male

23
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What is genetic variation

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Organisms with different versions of genes to another individual - sexual reproduction, or mutation

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What is environmental variation

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When the environment affects the characteristics of an organism

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What is a combination of environmental and genetic variation

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When both genetic and environmental factors contribute to variation

26
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Define an allele

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A version of a gene

27
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What does homozygous mean

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Both chromosomes have the same allele - for offspring

28
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In terms of alleles and inheritance, what does a dominant trait need

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Only one allele present to be expressed

29
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In terms of alleles and inheritance, what does a recessive trait need

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Two alleles present to be expressed

30
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What does heterozygous mean

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Both parents contain one of each allele

31
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What are most phenotypic features a result of

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Polygenic inheritance

32
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What is a genotype

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The combination of alleles

33
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What is a phenotype

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What is physically expressed

34
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If two heterozygous parents have a faulty gene that is recessive, what is their offspring called if they have the gene as a phenotype

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Homozygous resessive

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What is codominance

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When both alleles contribute to the phenotype of the organism

36
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What pair of chromosomes determine the gender of offspring

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23rd

37
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Describe Darwin’s theory of natural selection

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  • Variation occurs due to mutations
  • Individuals with better speicialisations survive to reproduce
  • Pass on the advantageous alleles to the next generations
  • Offspring inherit advatageous characteristics
  • Less favorouble alleles become less common
  • Repeats for generations
  • Organisms with specialisations become different species

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