Why Organisms are Different Flashcards by Deleted Deleted | Brainscape

Q

What carries the information that results in plants and animals having similar characteristics to their parents?

A

Genes

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What are the genes passed on to the offspring in?

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Sex cells

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The nucleus of the cell contains…

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Chromosomes

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Chromosomes carry…

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Genes

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What do genes do?

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Control the development of different characteristics of an organism

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What may differences in the characteristics of different individuals of the same kind be due to? 2

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Genes they’ve inherited-genetic causes, conditions in which they have developed-environmental causes, (or both)

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