Genetics

It is a long chain of nucleotide with 4 bases which carries the genetic information.

• Chromosomes

• Genes

• DNA

Cytosine is paired with _____ and Thymine is paired with _______.

• Adenine, Guanine

• Guanine, Adenine

• DNA, RNA

The word genes came from the Greek word _____ which means race, stock, or offspring.

• genos

• genus

• genie

Human beings have a total of ___ pairs of chromosomes.

• 46

• 23

• 47

• 24

These are the different possibilities for every trait.

• Genes

• Trait

• Allele

• DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

These are characteristics inherited by an individual. It can be visible or not.

• DNA

• Trait

• Genes

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

It is the trait that is always expressed and written in capital letters.

• Dominant allele

• Recessive allele

• DNA

• RNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

It is the trait that is not expressed, often masked and written is small letter.

• Dominant allele

• Recessive allele

• DNA

• RNA

These can happen if DNA base pairs are not paired correctly.

• Mutations

• Hybrid

• Offspring

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

The study of heredity.

• Biology

• Genetics

• Microbiology

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3