Mendel/Meiosis

sex cells (egg, sperm, pollen)

• games
• gamete
• somatic 
• neurons

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

characteristics that are inherited

• alleles
• homologous chromosomes 
• traits
• purebred

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

organisms only donate one copy of a gene to their gametes

• law of segregation
• law of independent assortment
• crossing over
• meiosis

a piece of DNA that provides a set of instructions to a cell to make a certain protein

• splicesome
• introns
• genes
• chromosome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

A genotype in which the two alleles are the same

• divergent
• heterozygous
• homozygous
• convergent

A set of alleles that an individual has for a trait or characteristic

• genotype
• phenotype
• karyotype
• gametes

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

The physical appearance of a trait or characteristic

• genotype
• phenotype
• genetic code
• RNA

allele pairs separate independently of each other during meiosis

• law of segregation
• law of independent assortment
• homozygous
• heterozygous

Which process and type of resulting cells are represented?

• mitosis, gametes
• mitosis, body cells
• meiosis, gametes
• meiosis, body cells

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Based only on the sex chromosomes in typical human egg and sperm cells at fertilization, the probability of producing a female is

• 25%
• 50%
• 75%
• 90%