Quarter 3 Biology Word Wall

a nucleic acid present in all living cells. Its principal role is to act as a messenger carrying instructions from nucleus for controlling the synthesis of proteins

• DNA

• RNA

• Ribosome

• Gene

The basic unit of heredity that occupies a specific location on a chromosome, most code for a specific protein,  leading to a particular characteristic or function.

• Gene

• Trait

• Allele

• DNA

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a specific characteristic of an organism

• DNA

• Gene

• Trait

• Allele

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one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome

• Gene

• Trait

• DNA

• Allele

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A heterozygous individual will always display which allele?

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Gene

• Phenotype

B - is black and b - is brown. The (a)   of a Bb individual would be black.

an individual's collection of genes

• DNA

• Karyotype

• Genotype

• Trait

An individual whose genotype is written rr is (a)   recessive

the process by which different kinds of living organisms have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth. 

• Adaptation

• Evolution

• Emigration

• Fitness

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Two female cheetahs live to 15 years old (that is quite old for a cheetah). The one with more offspring would have higher ___________________

• Adaption

• Genetic drift

• Gene flow

• Fitness

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