Genetics

Question 1

The study of the way animals and plants pass on to their offspring

Answer 1

Genetics

Question 2

Characteristics that a child receives from both parents

Answer 2

Heredity

Question 3

What are cells?

Answer 3

Basic unit of all living matters

Question 4

What is a cytoplasm?

Answer 4

Substance of a cell outside a nucleus.

Question 5

This central point of cell contains genetic coding for maintaining life systems and issuing commands for growth and reproduction

Answer 5

Nucleus

Question 6

There are how many pairs of chromosomes?

Answer 6

23

Question 7

Difference between mitosis and meiosis

Answer 7

Mitosis- cell divides by copying the DNA-cell splits- new cell with normal number of chromosomes

Meiosis- contains 1/2 sets of chromosomes

Question 8

The trait seen in person (more powerful)

Answer 8

Dominate gene

Question 9

Weaker and hides in the background (determine when two of them are present, may show up in future generations)

Answer 9

Recessive gene

Question 10

Carrier

Answer 10

Has a recessive gene that is not visible

Question 11

4 factors that contribute to multiple births

Answer 11

1. History of family
2. Increased hormones naturally
3. Fertility drugs
4. Age (32-36)

Question 12

What are alleles?

Answer 12

The different possibilities for a given trait

Question 13

What are genes?

Answer 13

The sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait

Question 14

Who is the father or genetics?

Answer 14

Gregor Mendel

Question 15

What is the law of segregation?

Answer 15

It is when two alleles for each trait separate when gametes form

Question 16

What is law of independent assortment?

Answer 16

Is when genes for different traits are inherited independently for each other

Question 17

Genotype vs Phenotype

Answer 17

Genotype- the genetic makeup of an organism (the gene or allele combination)

Phenotype- the physical characteristics of an organism

Question 18

Homozygous vs Heterozygous

Answer 18

Homozygous- two identical alleles

Heterozygous- two different alleles

Question 19

A diagram showing the gene combinations that might result from a genetic cause

Answer 19

Punnett square

Question 20

A situation in which one allele is not completely dominant over another

Answer 20

Incomplete dominance

Question 21

Codominance

Answer 21

When both alleles of a gene contribute to the phenotype of the organism

Question 22

Three or more alleles of the same gene

Answer 22

Multiple alleles