STEMscopes - Genetic Inheritance and Variation

The reproductive process in which a single cell makes a copy of itself

• Variation

• Inherited trait

• Inherited trait

• Asexual reproduction

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When someone says that a daughter looks just like her mother, is it possible that the daughter is an exact copy of her mother?

• No, because a daughter gets all of her alleles from her father.

• Yes, because a daughter gets alleles from her mother.

• No, because a daughter receives half of her genetic make up from her father.

• Yes, because humans can practice asexual reproduction under certain circumstances.

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Offspring resulting from asexual reproduction are always –

• flowering plants

• sterile

• genetically diverse

• genetically uniform

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Different forms or versions of something

• Variation

• Asexual reproduction

• Chromosome

• Inherited trait

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Inherited trait

• A characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring

• A single, highly organized and structured piece of DNA

• Different forms or versions of something

• The reproductive process involving two parents whose genetic material is combined to produce a new organism different from themselves

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Why does sexual reproduction produce diverse offspring?

• The cells of the offspring lack DNA.

• The offspring all grow at different rates.

• The offspring have a unique combination of DNA from its parents.

• The offspring are spores.

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A single, highly organized and structured piece of DNA

• Chromosome

• Inherited trait

• Variation

• Sexual Reproduction

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Sexual reproduction

• Different versions of a gene

• The reproductive process involving two parents whose genetic material is combined to produce a new organism different from themselves

• The reproductive process in which a single cell makes a copy of itself

• A characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring

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Two red flowers produce a white flower as an offspring. Which of the following best explains how this is possible?

• It is a mistake.

• A mutation occurred.

• The parents were heterozygous, and the white flower is the expression of the recessive alleles.

• White flowers are an adaptation to help with survival.

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Alleles

• The reproductive process involving two parents whose genetic material is combined to produce a new organism different from themselves

• Different versions of a gene

• Different forms or versions of something

• A characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring

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