Genetics

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Considered the "Father of Genetics"

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Gregory Mendel

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The process through which genes are passed from one generation to another hint:

it has to do with inheritance

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Heredity

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The study of genes

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Genetics

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The process through which are bodies produce

gametes (i.e. eggs and sperm)

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Meiosis

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"what it looks like"

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Phenotype

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What event takes place FIRST in DNA replication?

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The DNA "unzips"

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The DNA molecule has a ladder-type structural organization. Each RUNG of this

ladder represents what?

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Nitrogen Bases

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The letters A G C T represent what?

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Nitrogen Bases

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Given a DNA template strand CTCA...What would the complimentary strand look like?

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GAGT

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A polymer commonly found in the nucleus of

cells is

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Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

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Manatees are the "cows" of the sea. Fatness in a manatee is a dominant trait over being skinny. What is the phenotype of a manatee

Ff for fatness?

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FAT!!!!

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Manatees are the "cows" of the sea. Fatness (F) in a manatee is a dominant trait over

being skinny (f). What is the genotype of a homozygous dominant Fat manatee.

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FF

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What genotype would be most present in a cross between a heterozygous Spongebob

Squarepants for square shape and a homozygous recessive Sponge Susie

Roundpants.

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Ss, and ss evenly

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In raccoons, a dark faced mask is dominant over a bleached faced mask. If there was a cross made between a

lady heterozygous for dark face and a man homozygous for a bleached face. What percentage of the offspring

would be expected to have a dark face mask?

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50%

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In a population of dogs, curly hair is dominant over straight hair. If two parents are heterozygous for this trait, what is the probability that any of their offspring will have

straight hair?

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25%

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The process that produces cells with identical genes

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Mitosis/Cell cyle/Cloning

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Tell me the word that fits this definition: a sequence of nucleotides that determines an

organisms characteristics/traits

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Gene

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A type of gene

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Allele

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In humans, a cross between a female homozygous for the trait of having 6 fingers and a male homozygous for the

trait of having 5 fingers produced only 6 fingered offspring. Which inference can BEST explain the results of this cross?

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6 fingers is DOMINANT

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Write your wager in the box.

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Mendel developed his basic principles of heredity

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Playing with pea plants

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