Introduction to Genetics

Who is called the "Father of Genetics"?

• Walter Sutton
• Albert Einstein
• Gregor Mendel
• Charles Darwin

A new organism forms when two sex cells join together during ______________.

• Meiosis
• Mitosis
• Reproduction
• Fertilization

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Offspring are the young of an animal or plant.

• False
• True

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

DNA is a nucleic acid

• True

• False

Chromosomes are part of genes.

• True

• False

Proteins are a code for making DNA.

• True

• False

DNA is a single helix.

• True

• False

Human beings have 23 genes.

• True

• False

Human egg cells have 23 chromosomes.

• True

• False

Tick all of the features of mitosis.

• 2 daughter cells produced

• Daughter cells are non-identical

• Daughter cells have 23 pairs of chromosomes

• A skin cell is produced this way