Inheritance Flashcards

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How is the genetic information passed

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It is passed from the sex cells to the forming offspring

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What is inheritance

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Characteristics that are passed down from parents to offspring

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Where is the genetic information found

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In the nucleus of the cell

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What does the nucleus contain

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Chromosomes

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What do the chromosomes contain

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DNA which is the genetic information

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What are genes

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Small sections of chromosomes

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What do chromosomes come in as

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Pairs

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How many pair do humans have of chromosomes

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23 pairs

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How many chromosomes do we get from each parent

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23 from mum egg

23 from dad in the sperm

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What is are alleles

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Different versions genes

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What are the two types of reproductions

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Sexual and asexual

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What are the features of asexual reproduction

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Involves one parent

Gametes don’t fuse

Identical genetic information

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What are the features of sexual reproduction

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Gamates fuse

Genetic information is variated

Involves two parents

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What organisms reproduce asexually

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Plants vegetable normal body cells

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What is a clone

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A clone is an organism that has identical genetic information like the patent offspring

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What happens in plant cuttings

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A piece of plant is cut and placed in root powder which contains auxins that allow the roots of the cut piece to grow the it’s planted

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What is tissue culture

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Plant cells are taken from plant tissues, they are mixed with hormones and placed under the right conditions and identical plant with particular characteristics are made