Genetics Flashcards
1
Q
Is there variation between animals of the same species?
A
Yes there is variation between and within all species
2
Q
What two things can cause variation?
A
Environment, genes
3
Q
What can variation be.
A
Discreet or discontinuous
4
Q
What is monogenic characteristics?
A
A characteristic caused by one gene, often discrete characteristics such as eye colour, spdusplayed on a bar chart
5
Q
What is a polygenic characteristic?
A
Caused my more than one gene, often continous, like height,on a histo gram
6
Q
What is the releationship between a. Chromosome, DNa, gene, and allele.
A
A chromosome is made of a chemical called DNA and a short section of a chromosome is a gene. You inherit two alleles for each gene due to chromosomal pairs.
