MS4F Introduction to Genetics Vocabulary Review

Genetic material made up of phosphates, sugars, and nitrogen bases

• chromosome
• gene
• DNA  molecule
• allele

Found inside of a cell's nucleus and contains the instructions for everything the body needs - humans have 23 pairs.

• gene
• chromosome
• DNA
• allele

A section of DNA that contains the recipe for specific proteins

• DNA
• genes
• chromosomes
• allele

Involves two parents and the offspring is a combination of both parents

• reproduction
• asexual reproduction
• sexual reproduction
• binary fission

Produces offspring that is genetically identical to the parent.

• reproduction
• asexual reproduction
• sexual reproduction
• conjugation

A tool used to determine the theoretical probability of sexual reproduction

• pedigree
• Punnett square
• ratio
• probability

A characteristic 

• allele
• trait
• genotype
• variation

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An inherited trait that makes an individual different 

• variation
• gene
• dominant
• recessive

Two alleles for the same trait

• phenotype
• genotype
• heterozygous
• homozygous

two different alleles for a single trait

• genotype
• phenotype
• heterozygous
• homozygous