second deck allele

Question 1

allele

Answer 1

a trait represented by a lower case or capital letter

Question 2

genotype

Answer 2

a combination of letters for a trait

Question 3

phenotype

Answer 3

a recognizable trait such as hair color

Question 4

homozygous

Answer 4

having two of the same letters aa AA

Question 5

heterozygous

Answer 5

having one capital and one lowercase letter Aa

Question 6

dominant trait

Answer 6

a trait represented as a capital letter and covers up recessive traits

Question 7

mitosis

Answer 7

the cell division of body cells

Question 8

meiosis

Answer 8

the cell division of sex cells

Question 9

identical twin

Answer 9

twins with identical dna

Question 10

fraternal twins

Answer 10

twins that were born from two different egg and sperm cells

Question 11

sex-link disorder

Answer 11

a genetic disorder on the x chromosomes

Question 12

chromosomes

Answer 12

contains the dna of the cell

Question 13

gene

Answer 13

one set of instructions for a trait

Question 14

dna

Answer 14

molecule found in the nucleus that contains the cells info

Question 15

dna replication

Answer 15

copying of dna

Question 16

double helix

Answer 16

the spiral arrangement of dna strands

Question 17

chargaffs rule

Answer 17

A always equals T and C always equals G

Question 18

mutation

Answer 18

a change in the dna

Question 19

deletion

Answer 19

when one base is left out

Question 20

insetion

Answer 20

when there is an extra base added

Question 21

substitution

Answer 21

when a base is substituted for another base

Question 22

recessive trait

Answer 22

a trait that is shown as a lower case letter and is covered by a dominant trait