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| Why do offspring look like their parents? |
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| Because offspring inherit genetic material from the parents |
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| Why might offspring resemble their biological parents? |
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| because offspring inherit their genes from their biological parents. |
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Which of the following is an inherited characteristics:
natural hair color, brown eyes, dimples, skin color,widow's peak. |
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| All of those are inherited. |
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| A segment of DNA that determines a particular trait. |
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| The factors which control your traits are called______________. |
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| How do offspring get their genetic information? |
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| Information is passed from parents. |
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| Which picture represents the phase where the chromosomes line up along the equator of the cell?[image] |
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| Which picture represents the prase where nuclear membranes re-form around the two sets of chromosomes?
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| Which picture represents the phase where the chromosomes move to opposite sides of the cell?
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| Which picture represents where the DNA and cell organelles are copied?
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| Which picture represents the phase where the chromosomes condense and the nuclear membrane breaks down?[image] |
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| Durning mitosis DNA is duplicated so_______________________________. |
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| the daughter cells will be identical to the mother cell. |
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| What process is involved when eukarytic unicellular organisms replicate? |
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| Freckles is a trait which only shows up when inherited from both parents. This means that this trait is a ________ trait. |
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| A bent little finger is an inherited trait which is present even when inherited only from one parent. This means that this trait is a __________ trait. |
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Which of the follow is a phenotype?
dimples, PP, Bb, long hair |
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Which of the follow is a genotype?
dimples, PP, long hair, brown eyes,
DNA |
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| If a purple flower with the genotype Pp mates with a white flowered plant pp how many of their offspring would have a genotype of PP? |
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Which of the following is a characteristics which you inherited:
your taste in clothing; your favorite music; your eye color; none of the above. |
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| Where does the genetic information for traits come from? |
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| How much DNA does an offspring inherit from each parent? |
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| 50% from mother and 50% from father |
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| How much DNA does an offspring inherit from its biological father? |
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| A fertilized egg has 2 sets of instructions. How many sets of instructions does a fertilized egg receive from each parent? |
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| If a purple flower with the genotype Pp mates with another purple flower with the genotype Pp, how many of their offspring would have a phenotype of purple? |
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| If a purple flower with the genotype Pp mates with another purple flower with the genotype Pp how many of their offspring would have a genotype of Pp? |
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| If a woman has the genotype Cc what would her phenotype be? Note: crooked finger = C and straight fingers = c. |
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| She would have have crooked fingers. |
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| If a man has the genotype PP what would his pheotype be? Note: P= six fingers/toes and p = five fingers/toes. |
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| He would have six fingers |
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| If a man had the genotype Bb what would his phenotype be? Note: B = brown eyes and b = blue eyes. |
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| Alternative forms of a gene |
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| An inherited characteristic of an organism is called a _____. |
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| If DNA did not replicate during mitosis then_____________________. |
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| the daugher cells would not be identical to the mother cell. |
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