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 __________________ 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 ____________________ 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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