Aut 1 Test Revision Flashcards
Variation
Variation is the difference between living things that are the same species
What cell in the body doesn’t have DNA
The red blood cell is the only cell in the body that doesn’t contain DNA
How many chromosomes do we have
We have 23 pairs of chromosomes
How many genes do we have in our body?
We have about 23,000 cells in our body
What is the largest cell in the body?
Ovum
What is the smallest cell in the body?
Sperm cell
What is an allele?
An allele is a different/alternate form of a gene
Dominant alleles are always expressed if they are…
Present
Recessive alleles are only expressed if…
There are two recessive alleles present
If an individual has two alleles the same this is called…
Homozygous
If an individual has 2 different alleles this is called…
Heterozygous
Genotype
Different possible outcomes for alleles pairs
Phenotype
Physical expression shown for an allele
Offspring
The offspring is the results you get from your pundit square
Pundit square is…
A pundit square used to show the offspring from finding the genetics someone will have