Chapter 1

Question 1

Genetics

Answer 1

the study of inherited traits and their variation

Question 2

Heredity

Answer 2

the transmission of traits between generations

Question 3

Genes

Answer 3

the units of heredity, biochemical instructions that tell cells how to make certain proteins

Question 4

DNA stands for

Answer 4

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

Question 5

DNA

Answer 5

transmits info in a sequence of four types of building blocks

Question 6

Genome

Answer 6

the complete set of genetic instructions

Question 7

DNA base A

Answer 7

Adenine

Question 8

DNA base T

Answer 8

Thymine

Question 9

DNA base C

Answer 9

Cytosine

Question 10

DNA base G

Answer 10

Guanine

Question 11

Adenine attracts

Answer 11

Thymine

Question 12

Guanine attracts

Answer 12

Cytosine

Question 13

RNA stands for

Answer 13

ribonucleic Acid

Question 14

RNA

Answer 14

uses the info in DNA sequences to make proteins

Question 15

Alleles

Answer 15

variants of a gene

Question 16

Genotype

Answer 16

alleles that are present but not expressed

Question 17

Phenotype

Answer 17

alleles that are expressed

Question 18

Multifactoral

Answer 18

genes determined by one or more genes and enviroment

Question 19

Mendelian

Answer 19

traits determined by one gene

Question 20

autosome

Answer 20

chrs 1 through 22

Question 21

karyotype

Answer 21

all the chromosomes a specific person has

Question 22

Dna is ______ to RNA in the nucleus, which is _____ to protein in the cytoplasm

Answer 22

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