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| the process of creating gametes |
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| the sex ells in men and women that are created though meiosis |
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| Male sex cells are called __________ |
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| Female sex cells are called ________ |
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| When the chromosomes of the male and female sex cells combine together, __________ occurs |
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| Explain why gametes only have 23 chromosome |
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| you get 23 chromosomes from each gamete which equals 46, which equals a full cell |
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| The father of modern day genetics is ___________ |
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| He experimented with ___________, and observed there _______ or characteristics over many generations. |
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| Explain the difference between a dominant and reccesive trait |
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| dominant genes show up over the recessive gene, and recessive genes only shows up when theres another reccesive gene. |
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| Describe three differences between meiosis and mitosis |
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1) mitosis makes body cells, meiosis makes gametes
2) meiosis makes 4 cells, mitosis makes 2 total calles
3) after mitosis, there is 46 total chromosomes in the body cell, and after meiosis, there is a total of 23 chromosomes in each gamete |
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| Explain why a women with skin cancer cannot pass it onto her offspring. |
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| it is a aquired trait, so it cannot be passed down from generation to generation, can be cause by enviormental factors and only happens in the body cells. |
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| Maps of a family genetics history are called a __________ __________ |
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| to be consider male, your chromosomes are ____ |
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| to be considered female, your chromosomes are ____ |
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| In the first cell devision there are ___ chromosomes |
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| In the second cell division, there are _____ chromosomes in each cell |
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| What do the letters outside the punnett square stand for? |
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| the genotypes of the parents |
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| what do the letters inside the boxes stand for? |
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| the possible genotypes of there children |
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