Evolution And Heredity Flashcards
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Heredity and evolution are linked together by
Inheritable traits
……are the base of heredity
Chromosomes
Physical base of heredity
Genes
Chemical basis of heredity are
Dna
…….control traits
Genes
……is the study of transmission of genetic character from one generation to another
Heredity
The process of transfer of heredity material from one generation to another
Genetics
What is genotype
The genetic constitution of an organism
External feature of an organism is
Phenotype
Inheritance can be categorized into
Law of dominance
Law of segregation
Law of independent assortment
Wht does law of dominance say
Offspring of crossbreed parents only show dominant characteristics in f1 generation
……..is the process that determines the biological sex of an offspring and as result the sexual characteristics that they will develop
Sex determination
Another name for sex chromosomes are
Allosomes
Full meaning of Dna
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Theory developed by darwin
Theory of natural selection or darwinism or theory of evolution
In what yr did darwin publish his book
1859
Mendel conducted his experiment
Btw 1856 and 1863
Mendel submitted his result in the yr
1865
One single cell contain how many genes
20,000-30,000 genes
Genes are made up of
Dna
Meaning of Rna
Ribonucleic acid
There are…….living species
8.7million
Wht are homologous organ
HB the same structure but different function
Eg is the limb of man and reptile
Wht are Analogous organ
That hv the different function but same structure
Eg wing of bat and bird