sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait

• phenotype

• gene

• chromosome

• protein

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

one of a number of different forms of a gene

• chromosome

• allele

• helicase

• polymerase

term used to refer to chromosomes in which one set comes from the male parent and one set comes from the female parent

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• homologous

• genotype

process in which homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids during meiosis

• crossing-over

• DNA replicatoin

• translation

• transcription

synthesis of an RNA molecule from a DNA template

• transcription

• translation

• crossing-over

• transformation

process by which the sequence of bases of an mRNA is converted into the sequence of amino acids of a protein

• transcription

• translation

• crossing-over

• transformation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

having two identical alleles for a particular gene

• homozygous

• heterozygous

having two different alleles for a particular gene

• homozygous

• heterozygous

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

change in the genetic material of a cell

• carcinogen

• mutation

• transcription

• translation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

genetic makeup of an organism (Ex. TT)

• phenotype

• genotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2