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1
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What is an allele?

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Alleles are variations of a gene

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What is a dominant allele?

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The allele that is always SEEN

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What is a recessive allele?

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The allele that is hidden

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What is dominant allele represented by?

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Capital letters

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5
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What is a recessive allele represented by?

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Lowercase letters

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6
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When are dominant alleles seen?

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ALWAYS

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When are recessive alleles seen?

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When there are 2 recessive alleles OR when there are NO dominant alleles

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What is a genotype?

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A genotype is an individual’s genetic makeup. (Alleles)

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What is a phenotype?

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A phenotype is what an individual looks like

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9
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What does homozygous mean?

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It means an individual has TWO identical alleles

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What does heterozygous means?

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It means that an individual has two different alleles

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What does a Punnett square show?

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The percentage chance of an offspring’s phenotype and genotype

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12
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Is “B’ dominant or recessive?

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Dominant

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13
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Is “f” dominant or recessive?

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Recessive

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14
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Is BB homozygous or heterozygous?

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Homozygous

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15
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Is Mm homozygous or heterozygous?

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Heterozygous

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16
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R is Red and r is White that phenotype is Rr?

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Red

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17
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R is Red and r is white. What phenotype is RR?

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Red

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18
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What sex chromosomes represent a male

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XY

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19
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What sex chromosomes represent a female

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XX

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20
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IF a disease is recessive. Is this male affected, unaffected or a carrier? XbY

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Affected

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If a disease is recessive. Is this male affected, unaffected or a carrier? XBY

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Unaffected

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If a disease is recessive. Is this female affected, unaffected or a carrier? XbXb

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Affected

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If a disease is recessive. Is this female affected, unaffected or a carrier? XBXb

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Carrier

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If a disease is recessive. Is this female affected, unaffected or a carrier? XBXB

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Unaffected

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25
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What does a square represent in a pedigree?

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Male

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What does a circle represent in a pedigree?

27
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What does a shaded shape mean in a pedigree?

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A person affected by a disease

28
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What does an unshaded shape mean in a pedigree?

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A person that is unaffected OR a carrier

29
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If a line connects two shapes in a pedigree what does this mean>

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They matedh

30
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What is a mutation?

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A permanent change in the DNA sequence

31
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What do mutations create in a population?

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New alleles OR new variations of genes

32
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What is a gene pool?

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The sum of different alleles in a population

33
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What is allele frequency?

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The frequency/percentage of one allele in the population

34
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What is a mutagen?

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A substance that increases the rate of mutationsW

35
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What are 3 main mutations?

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Radiation, Chemicals and UV light

36
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What is an example of a radiation mutagen?

37
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What is an example of a chemical mutagen?

38
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What is an example of a UV mutagen?

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The sun’s rays

39
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What is Co-dominance?

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When TWO dominant alleles are both expressed in an individual. This creates patches in coloring. Eg. White dog + brown dog = Brown and white spotted dog

40
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What is a carrier?

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A person who does not show a disease/have a disease… however, carries it in their DNA and can pass it onto their children.

41
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What are the 3 stages of natural selection?

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  1. Variation
  2. Selection pressure
  3. Adaptation
42
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What are the 3 stages of speciation

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  1. Variation
  2. Isolation
  3. Selection
43
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What is variation>

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The amount of different alleles in a population. Eg. Humans can have brown eyes, blue eyes, green eyes.

44
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What is a selection pressure

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A change in the environment that causes an allele to have an advantage. EG. predation

45
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What is adaptation?

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When the “fitter” allele in a population becomes more common and allows organisms to be BETTER adapted to survive in their environment.

46
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What is isolation?

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The separation of one population into two or more for a long period of time preventing them from mating with other populations.

47
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What are the 2 types of isolation?

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  1. Geographical
  2. Climatic
48
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What is geographical isolation?

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When a land feature separates individuals in a population. Eg. Temperature

49
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What is an example of speciation?

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-Squirrel population in America had varying arm lengths.
-The grand-canyon isolated/separated the population into 2 groups.
-The south side squirrel population adapted to tall trees and got longer arms.
-The north side squirrel population adapted to flat rocky surface and got short arms for running fast.
-Two new species formed from one.

50
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What is an example of natural selection?

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-The peppered moth has 2 variations: dark and light.
Coal production coated trees with black soot.
-The dark moths camouflaged with the black soot avoiding predators.
-Light moths were eaten.
-The frequency of dark moths became more common.
-Dark coloured moth are better adapted to survive in their environment.

51
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What is artificial selection?

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When humans deliberately breed organisms to get desirable traits in offspring.

52
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What is crossbreeding?

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Breeding two organisms with different desirable traits to combine them and get both in the offspring.

53
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What is inbreeding?

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Breeding related organisms together to emphasise a desirable trait in offspring.

54
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What is evolution?

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The permanent change in allele frequency in a population

55
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What is the theory of evolution?

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The theory that all organisms originate from a common name ancestor

56
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What 2 types of evolution are there?

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  1. Convergent
  2. Divergent
57
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What is convergent evolution?

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When two organisms have similar structure with the same function, NOT because of common ancestor. Due to common selection pressure (environment). EG. Fin or shar and dolphin

58
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What is an analogous structure?

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A characteristic that 2 different species have for the same function, NOT because of common ancestor. Due to common selection pressure (environment).

59
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What is divergent evolution?

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When two organisms have similar structure that have been adapted for different function, THese structures come from a common ancestor. EG. Forearm of cat and human

60
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What is a homologous structure?

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A structure that is the same in multiple species however has different functions. These come from a common ancestor that now has NO function

61
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What is a vestigial structure?

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A characteristic in an organism that they have from an ancestor that now has NO function

62
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What are 4 pieces of evidence supporting evolution?

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  • Fossils
  • Embryo similarities
  • Comparative anatomy
  • DNA analysis
63
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How do fossils support evolution?

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Finding fossils and using carbon dating to age them have provided an evolutionary timeline showing small changes in one species from their ancestors to current date.H

64
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How does embryology support evolution?

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Vestigial structure in organisms suggests that they are passed on from ancestors and are no longer needed. EG. Wisdom teeth in humans have been from our herbivore ancestors

65
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How does DNA analysis support evolution?

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Similarities in proteins in DNA suggest that different species are closely related. More similarities = more closely related.
Eg. Chimpanzees and humans share similarities in DNA.

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