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| What is the passing of traits from parents to offspring called? |
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| How many sets of instructions does a fertilized egg receive from EACH parent? |
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| One set from each parent. For humans that is 23 chromosomes from mom and 23 chromosomes from dad. |
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| What is the segment of DNA that determines the inheritance of a particular trait called? |
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| What is an inherited characteristic of an organism called? |
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| What is the amount of genetic information which you receive from each of your parents? |
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| ½ of the genetic information from mom and ½ of the genetic information from dad |
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| What are traits controlled by? |
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| What are examples of inherited characteristics? |
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| Hair color, eye color, skin color, widow’s peak |
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| What are examples of inherited characteristics? |
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| Hair color, eye color, skin color, widow’s peak |
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| What are some examples of characteristics that are not inherited? |
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| Taste in music, Taste in books, how long you wear your hair |
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| What is the form of a gene called that shows up even when only inherited from one parent? |
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| What is the form of the gene called that shows up only when inherited from both parents? |
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| A bent little finger is an inherited trait which is present even when inherited only from one parent. What type of trait is this? |
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| Freckles are a trait which only shows up when inherited from both parents. What type of trait is this? |
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| Tongue rolling is a dominant trait which means that someone who can roll their tongue has inherited this trait from how many parents? |
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| Albinism (the absence of skin pigmentation) is a recessive trait this means that someone who is an albino has inherited this trait from how many parents? |
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| If purple is dominant over white predict the appearance of the offspring if a white flower (pp) reproduced with a purple flower (PP). |
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| If purple is dominant over white predict the appearance of the offspring if two purple flowers (Pp) reproduced. |
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| 3/4 purple (2/4 Pp and 1/4 PP) and 1/4 white (pp) |
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| If purple is dominant over white predict the appearance of the offspring if a white flower (pp) reproduced with a purple flower (Pp). |
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| 1/2 purple (Pp) and 1/2 white (pp) |
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| If green seeds is dominant over yellow seeds predict the appearance of the offspring if a yellow seed plant(gg) reproduced with a green seed plant (Gg). |
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| 1/2 yellow (gg) and 1/2 green (Gg) |
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| If green seeds is dominant over yellow seeds predict the appearance of the offspring if a yellow seed plant(gg) reproduced with a green seed plant (GG). |
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| If green seeds is dominant over yellow seeds predict the appearance of the offspring if two green seed plants (Gg) reproduce. |
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| 3/4 green (1/2 Gg and 1/4 GG) and 1/4 yellow (gg) |
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