Hierarchy of Heredity

​Hierarchy of Heredity

Hierarchy of Heredity

Genetics-is the study of heredity, the process in which a parent passes certain genes onto their children.

What does that mean?

-Children inherit their biological parents' genes that express specific traits, such as some physical characteristics, natural talents, and genetic disorders.

Hierarchy or Heredity Diagram

1. Cell-Largest Level

2. Nucleus

3. Chromosomes

4. DNA

5. Genes

6. Nitrogen Base Pairs-Smallest Level

Let's Review

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Also known as deoxyribonucleic acid and is a long, double stranded molecule shaped like a double helix that carries the genetic instructions or blueprint for an organism..

• Nucleus

• Chromosome

• DNA

• Nitrogen base pairs

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The basic unit of living things

• Nucleus

• Cells

• Heredity

• DNA

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Makes up genes/adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine/A always pairs with T and C always pairs with G

• Genes

• DNA

• Chromosomes

• Nitrogen Base Pairs

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Structures that are found within a cell's nucleus that contain the genetic material, or DNA of an organism and is shaped like an X

• Chromosomes

• Double helix

• Genes

• DNA

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A section of DNA that contains instructions that tell your cells to make molecules called proteins.

• Nucleus

• Gene

• DNA

• Chromosomes

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The control center or brain of the cell that contains the cells genetic material

• Gene

• Chromosome

• Cell

• Nucleus