Genetics

Question 1

Genetics

Answer 1

the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.

Question 2

Heridity

Answer 2

is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring

Question 3

Inheritance

Answer 3

a thing that is inherited.

Question 4

Dominant

Answer 4

relating to or denoting heritable characteristics which are controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring even when inherited from only one parent.

Question 5

Recessive

Answer 5

relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes which are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents.

Question 6

Allele

Answer 6

each of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.

Question 7

Mitosis

Answer 7

Mitosis is the process of a parent cell splitting into two daughter cells, passing on the parent cell DNA into both daughter cells.

Question 8

DNA

Answer 8

deoxyribonucleic acid, a self-replicating material which is present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic information.

Question 9

nucleotides

Answer 9

a compound consisting of a nucleoside linked to a phosphate group. Nucleotides form the basic structural unit of nucleic acids such as DNA

Question 10

deoxyribose

Answer 10

a sugar derived from ribose by replacement of a hydroxyl group by hydrogen.

Question 11

base pairing

Answer 11

two complementary nitrogenous molecules that are connected by hydrogen bonds.