Inheritance B11 Flashcards

1
Q

what does a DNA make

A

Genome

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2
Q

super coiled DNA

A

chromosomes

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3
Q

number of chromosomes in the human body

A

46, 23 pairs

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4
Q

a gene is a

A

genetic code for a particular protein

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5
Q

we have two versions of every gene this is

A

alleles

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6
Q

two types of alleles

A

dominant and recessive

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7
Q

role of dominant and recessive cell

A

dominant is the one that is shown or used, and the recessive cell is not shown

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8
Q

phenotype

A

characteristic that is shown by the person’s genes

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9
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genotype

A

combinations of alleles that codes a persons specific phenotype

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10
Q

how do you identify if the allele is dominant

A

it is written in a capital letter

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11
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homozygous

A

both alleles for a gene is identical

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12
Q

hetrozygous

A

the alleles are different for a gene

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13
Q

xx

A

woman

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14
Q

xy

A

man

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15
Q

fertilised cell -> 2 diploid cell

A

mitosis

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16
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fertilised cell -> 4 haploid cells

A

meiosis

17
Q

variation

A

differences between organism

18
Q

discontinuous variation

A

limited sets of groups

19
Q

continuous variation

A

data can be any value in a range

20
Q

reason of genetic variation/mutation

A

differences in genes, alleles, environmental

21
Q

evolution

A

simple organism to more complex organism

22
Q

natural selection

A

survival out of competition

22
Q

same species evolving in to different separate species

A

speciaiton

22
Q

selective breeding

A

humans choosing organisms that have beneficial characteristics and breeding it.