DNA & Genetics

The passing down of physical characteristics or traits from parents to offspring through sexual reproduction.

• Heredity

• Genetics

• DNA

• Genes

• Nucleotides

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The branch of biology that deals with heredity and differences in organisms determined by DNA.

• Heredity

• Genetics

• DNA

• Genes

• Nucleotides

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The genetic information, found in the nucleus of a cell, that serves as the blue prints for everything a cell is and does.

• Heredity

• Genetics

• DNA

• Genes

• Nucleotides

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Sections of DNA that serve as the recipe for a specific trait. Usually represented as stripes or bands on chromosomes.

• Heredity

• Genetics

• DNA

• Genes

• Nucleotides

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The blocks that make up DNA. Each block is made up of a sugar, a phospate, and one of four nitrogen bases.

• Heredity

• Genetics

• DNA

• Genes

• Nucleotides

What do we call the specific characteristics of an organism such as hair color, eye color, height, weight, etc?

• Traits

• Attributes

• Features

• Qualities

• Virtues

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The shape of DNA is known as a

• Double Helix

• Double Axel

• Double Arch

• Double Pyramid

• Double Hexagon

Thymine, Adenine, Cytosine, and Guanine are examples of

• Nitrogen Bases

• Phosphates

• Nucleotides

• Pentose Sugars

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Adenine will only bond with

• Adenine

• Thymine

• Guanine

• Cytosine

Thymine will only bond with

• Adenine

• Thymine

• Guanine

• Cytosine