Life Science, Wednesday Bell Ringer, 1.23.19

A change that alters the base sequence in an organism's DNA is a 

• replication
• clone
• mutation
• zygote

One way to produce large numbers of genetically identical offspring is by

• cloning
• selective breeding
• fertilization
• hybridization

A person who has one recessive allele for a trait, but does not have the trait.

• carrier
• homozygous dominant
• homozygous recessive
• codominant

All of the DNA in one cell of an organism.

• genome
• nitrogen bases
• mitosis
• replication

An abnormal condition that a person inherits through genes or chromosomes.

• genetic disorder
• disease
• pathogen
• mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A pair of chromosomes carrying genes that determine whether a person is male or female.

• sex chromosomes
• sex genes
• gender chromosomes
• gender alleles

A __________inherits two X chromosomes

• male

• female

A genome is all the DNA in one cell of an organism

• true

• false