Gene Flashcards
What are genes?
Genes are made up of proteins and amino acids
What are the 4 amino acids ?
Adenine
Thymine
Guanine
Cytosine
Genes
Small sections of chromosomes
20,000 genes
Each have a unique recipe
Chromosomes ?
46 in total
23 from mom and 23 from dad
Each chromosome contains proteins and DNA
The 23 rd chromosome determined the sex of the baby
Gamete
Is a reproductive cell
A sperm for a dude
And
Ovum for a girl
Zygote
A single cell formed from two…
Homozygous
2 genes of one pair that are exactly the same in every letter of their code
What is the plural word for uvum?
Ovum an egg
Ova a single egg
Fallopian tubes
(Urine )
Attached to the intervals/ a tunnel for ova to travel
Pregnancy / conception
Ovulation occurs for 12 to 24 days
(occurs two weeks before menstruation)
Egg is realized and waits for about 24 hours for a single sperm to fertilize
If no egg comes that’s what causes menstruation
Fertilization
Union of a sperm and an egg
Blastocyst
After an sperm descent to the uterus and no other spent can penetrate then the cell divided and it becomes that
Implantation
Embryo burrows into uterus