Physical Aspect Flashcards
Parents to offspring
Heredity
Threadlike bodies in the nucleus of the cell
Chromosomes
How many chromosomes
46 chromosomes
How many zygote can carry chromosomes
23 pairs
How many chromosomes can a autosomes carry chromosomes?
22 pairs
Identify the sex of an individual
23rd pair of chromosomes
The 23rd pair could be an XX or an XY
XX(female sex)
XY(male sex)
Sex chromosomes
Unit carrier of heredity
Gene
Part or DNA sequence of the genetic information
Genotype
Expression of our genotype
Phenotype
Completion of growth of genetic character within an organism or the unfolding of an individual’s inherent traits or potential
Maturation
Show their effect even if the individual has only one copy of alleles
Dominant alleles
Two copies of alleles
Recessive alleles
Conditions inside and outside an organism that influence
Environment
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid