8. Nature vs nurture

Question 1

What is a genotype? (NvsN PCA)

Answer 1

The genetic material that an individual inherits

Question 2

What does DNA do? (NvsN PCA)

Answer 2

Stores information for building and maintaining an organism

Question 3

What does DNA code for? (NvsN PCA)

Answer 3

One of 4 nucleotide bases

Question 4

What are the nucleotide bases? (NvsN PCA)

Answer 4

Adenine
Cytosine
Guanine
Thymine

Question 5

What do sequences of nucleotides code for? (NvsN PCA)

Answer 5

Animo acids, then proteins

Question 6

What does the genetic code show? (NvsN PCA)

Answer 6

DNA triplet codes that code for specific animo acids

Question 7

Where is DNA stored? (NvsN PCA)

Answer 7

In the nucleus

Question 8

What is DNA stored in the form of? (NvsN PCA)

Answer 8

Chromosomes

Question 9

What are genes? (NvsN PCA)

Answer 9

Regions of DNA that code for proteins for RNA

Question 10

How much DNA do dizygotic twins share? (NvsN PCA)

Answer 10

50%

Question 11

How much DNA do monozygotic twins share? (NvsN PCA)

Answer 11

100%

Question 12

What is heritability? (NvsN PCA)

Answer 12

The proportion of variance in the population attributed to genetic differences between people