Kuster ~ Human Genetics ~ Reading Summary

A person who has a recessive allele but does not express the trait.

• carrier
• donor
• receptor
• genome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A chart that tracks which members of a family have a particular trait.

• pedigree
• genetic diagram
• manuscript
• flow chart

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A person with an XY chromosomes pattern will be

• a male

• tall

• smart

• a female

How many total chromosomes are shown in a normal human karyotype?

• 2

• 46

• 44

• 23

The gender of an offspring is determined by

_{Remember males have XY, females have XX.}

• the mother

• the father

• both parents

• the offspring

A characteristic of an organism that is determined by many genes.

• Gene therapy

• Sex-linked trait

• Polygenic

• Pedigree

A picture of all the chromosomes in a cell arranged in pairs

• Pedigree
• Karyotype
• Genome
• Carrier

The 44 human chromosomes other than sex chromosomes

• sex-linked genes

• karyotypes

• genomes

• autosomes

All organisms begin as a single cell. After dividing many times, differentiation occurs. During the process of differentiation...

• some genes are turned on, others are turned off

• genes are removed from some cells

• DNA is modified to contain different genes

A human egg cell might contain _____ .

• 22 autosomes and an X chromosome

• 22 autosomes and a Y chromosome

• 45 autosomes and an X chromosome

• 45 autosomes and a Y chromosome