heredity and genetics

what is the study of heredity

• genetics

• genes

what is the passing of genetic traits from parent(s) to offsring or one generation to the next.

• heredity

• genes

what is the genetic information found in cells that is passed from parent(s) to offspring made up of two twisted strands.

• DNA

• double helix

what is the reproduction called that allows genetic information to be passed from parents to offspring and requires the sex cells.

• sexual reproduction

• Asexual reproduction

what is the male sex cell that has 23 chromosomes called.

• sperm

• egg

what is the female sex cell that has 23 chromosomes called.

• egg

• sperm

what is the the process in which the sperm joins the egg to form a zygote.

• fertilization

• sexual reproduction

what is the structure found in the nucleus of a cell that contains genetic information (DNA).

• chromosomes

• genes