IGCSE B11 - Genetics vocabulary

What is the transmission of genetic information from generation to generation called?

What can be described as a thread-like structure of DNA, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.

What is defined as a length of DNA that codes for a protein

What is defined as a specific version of a gene?

A nucleus containing a single set of unpaired chromosomes e.g. in gametes, would be described as what?

A nucleus containing two sets of chromosomes e.g. in body cells, is known as what?

The type of nuclear division giving rise to genetically identical cells e.g for growth and repair is called...

Which type of cell division is a reduction division in which the chromosome number is halved from diploid to haploid resulting in genetically different cells e.g. when producing zygotes

What is the genetic make-up of an organism in terms of the alleles present called?

What do we call the observable features of an organism?