Genetics - 7th grade OL

Allele

• a version of a gene

• a big chromosome

• A highly structured pieces of DNA

Chromosome

• An allele

• A single highly structured and organized piece of DNA

• Deoxyribonucleic Acid

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DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)

• A molecule that contains information on the heredity of all cells

• An atom that contains information on the heredity of all cells

• A molecule that contains instigation on the heredity of all cells

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Dominant

• the inherited characteristic that is ALWAYS expressed when present

• the inherited characteristic that is SOMETIMES expressed when present

• the inherited characteristic that is NEVER expressed when present

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Dominant

• the stronger gene

• the weaker gene

• the are you serious right NE-OW gene

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Gene

• the basic physical and functional unit of heredity made up of DNA

• the basic physical and functional unit of heredity made up of cytoplasm

• the basic physical and functional unit of mitochondria made up of DNA

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Genotype

• the exact genetic information carried by an individual

• the physical expression of a gene(s)-the appearance of an organism

• A membrane bound organelle found in eukaryotic cells

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Heredity

• passing of traits from parents to offspring

• types of muscle that voluntarily moves your body and connects bones to other bones

• releases an egg every month to be fertilized

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Nucleus

• contains the DNA, the control center of the cell

• the jelly like substance that hold the organelles together

• only in prokaryotic cells

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Phenotype

• the physical expression of a gene

• the non-physical expression of a gene

• another name for deoxyribonucleic acid

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