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3.Genetics Flashcards

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1
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How many daughter cells are produced in a meiotic cell division?

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4

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How many chromosomes do daughter produce in meiosis have compared to normal cells?

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Half as many

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3
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Describe the daughter cells produced in meiosis

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Genetically different haploid gametes

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What is the structure of DNA?

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Double helix

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What links the strands together in the DNA

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Complementary base pairs

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What holds the base pairs together in DNA

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Weak hydrogen bonds

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What is a 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 DNA molecule

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What do genes do?

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Code for a specific protein

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Why are there different in inherited characteristics?

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Coz of alleles

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What does chromosome mean?

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A thread like structure found in the nucleus of souls. Each chromosome contains one enormously long DNA molecule packed with proteins

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What does allele mean?

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A different version of a gene

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What does dominant mean?

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An allele that will always affect phenotype

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What does recessive mean?

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An allele that will only affect a phenotype if the other allele present is also recessive

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What does homozygous mean?

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One both alleles of a gene are different in an organism

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What does heterozygous mean?

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When both the alleles for a gene are different in an organism

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What does genotype mean?

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The alleles for a certain characteristic that are found in a organism

18
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What does phenotype mean?

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A characteristic that are produced by a certain set of alleles

19
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What does gamete mean?

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A haploid cell produced by meiosis used for sexual reproduction

20
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What does zygote mean?

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A fertilised egg cell

21
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What is genetic variation?

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Different characteristics as a result of mutation and asexual reproduction

22
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What is environmental variation?

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Different characteristics caused by an organisms environment

23
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Why is there usually extensive genetic variation within a population of a species?

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Mutations

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