biology variation and inheritance

Question 1

What is variation?

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Question 2

What is continuous variation?

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Question 3

What is discontinuous variation?

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Question 4

What is phenotype?

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Physical effect of genetic make up

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What is genotype?

Genetic make up

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Question 6

What are the definitions of chromosomes, genes, dominant, recessive and genes?

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Question 7

WHAT are alleles

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different forms of the same gene

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homozygous

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If the 2 alleles are different then the organism is

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If the two alleles are different, then the organism is heterozygous for that characteristic.

Question 10

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Recessive e.g) cc

Question 11

For an organism to show a dominant characteristic

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Question 12

Name some dominant and recessive traits

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Question 13

drawing genetic diagrams

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Question 14

Who is Mendel?

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Question 15

What chromosomes do males have and what chromosomes have female?

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Question 16

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All female gametes have x chromosomes only and male gametes have EITHER a x chromosome or y chromosome

Question 17

Tell me about cystic fibrosis

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Question 18

Tell me about Huntingdon’s disease

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Question 19

What is selective breeding or artificial selection?

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Question 20

What is cloning?

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It is when we make genetically identical copies of animals and plants

Question 21

How can we clone plants and animals?

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