Heredity Lab Flashcards
Heredity
The passing on of physical characteristics from parents to their off spring
How are traits passed on?
Through chromosomes in sperm and egg cells
Chromosomes
DNA strands composed of gene units
Genes
Chromosome sections
• contains codes for specific physical and chemical characteristics
Define traits
Specific physical or chemical characteristics of an individual
•passed on with chromosomes in egg and Sperm cells
Type of traits
Dominant
Recessive
Dominant traits
Always seen expressed in offspring •free earlobe •hair in hands •bent fingers •tongue rolling
Recessive traits
Not always seen
•hidden traits
•not expressed
Inheritance traits
Many traits are inherited on pairs of genes located on separate homologous (look alike) chromosomes
Traits inherited on pairs of genes located on separate homologous chromosomes are called
Alleles genes
Phenotype
Physical appearance of an individual
Geneotype
Inherited gene combination for a specific trait
Two types:
•homozygous
•heterozygous
Homozygous
Alleles of pair have same information
DD dd
Heterozygous
Allele genes have different information
Dd
What is unique about the phenotype for the human trait, red hair?
Develops from a dominant allele on a different gene pair
•inhibits the expression of the first pair
Somatic cells
Make up the body structure
•most of cells that make up body structure are somatic
•contain 46 chromosomes 23 pairs
Name two reproductive cells
Sperm and egg