Biology Vocabulary Review 4.18-4.19

With the exception of gametes (aka egg and sperm), all cells in your body are ______ and contain two copies of each chromosome.

• monoploid

• diploid

• triploid

• quadploid

different versions of the same gene

• Genes

• Alleles

• Chromosomes

• DNA

section of DNA that provides the instructions for making a protein

• Gene

• Alleles

• Chromosomes

• DNA

the matching chromosomes from our mom and dad.

• Genes

• Alleles

• Homologous Chromosomes

• DNA

Austrian monk who used pea plants to learn about genetics.  He is known as the “Father of Genetics”.

• Albert Einstein

• George Washington

• Gregor Mendel

• Marie Curie

Mating of 2 organisms

• control

• cross

• purebred

• mendel

Alleles have assigned letters: 

________ for dominant

• Uppercase

• Lowercase

Alleles have assigned letters: 

________ for recessive

• Uppercase

• Lowercase

2 of the SAME alleles.

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

2 DIFFERENT alleles.

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous