Proteins, Genes, and Chromosomes

How many chromosomes are their in a man's body cells?

• 10

• 20

• 46

• 100

Threadlike structures within a cell’s nucleus that contain DNA that is passed from one generation to the next

• Alleles

• Genes

• Chromosomes

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A ____ codes for a particular protein that causes a trait.

• gene

• Chromosome

• pedigree

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All instructions for how organisms grow and behave are located on _______

• Chromosomes

• Alleles

• Genes

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During fertilization, you receive ___ chromosomes from your father and ___ from mother

• 23

• 46

• 69

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What is a gene?

• A bundle (like a hot dog bun) that the DNA is packed into
• something inside the nucleus
• a piece of DNA
• all of your DNA

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DNA is inside your cells. What part of the cell is the DNA inside of?

• cell membrane
• cytoplasm
• nucleus

What are different versions of the same gene called?

• Traits
• Alelles
• Chromosomes
• Sex cells

The part of a chromosome that carries information for a certain trait is called a 

• protein
• gene 
• nucleus
• gametes

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Which of the following will only show if two alleles are present?

• a dominant trait

• a recessive trait