Melanin List 4.1

Albinism is characterized by (a)  

• Only visible when two recessive all
• Absence of pigment in the skin,hair
• A diagram that shows the occurrence
• Having two different alleles

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is a pedigree chart used for?

• To display the genetic makeup of an individual

• To track the inheritance of traits through generations

• To show the physical characteristics of a species

• To identify dominant and recessive alleles

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What are genes responsible for?

• Only expressed when two dominant alleles are present (AA)

• Complete lack of melanin in the body

• A chart that traces the inheritance of a trait through generations

• Having identical alleles

• Providing the blueprint in DNA for synthesizing proteins (traits)

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

Alleles

• Only visible when two recessive alleles are inherited (aa)

• Absence of pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes

• Different versions of a gene (represented by different letters)

• Organisms inherited appearance (albino)

• Instructions found in DNA for building proteins (traits)

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Genotype

• Inherited combination of alleles (AA, Aa, aa)

• Absence of pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes

• Different versions of a gene (represented by different letters)

• Organisms inherited appearance (albino)

• Instructions found in DNA for building proteins (traits)

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Punnett Square

• Inherited combination of alleles (AA, Aa, aa)

• A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross

• Different versions of a gene (represented by different letters)

• Organisms inherited appearance (albino)

• Instructions found in DNA for building proteins (traits)

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

is only visible when two recessive alleles are inherited (aa)

• RNA

• Alleles

• Recessive Trait

• Punnett Square

• Dominant Trait

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Visible when one or more dominant alleles are inherited (AA, Aa)

• Homozygous

• Dominant Trait

• Heterozygous

Having two different alleles

• Homozygous

• Dominant Trait

• Heterozygous

• Pedigree

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is the term for having two of the same alleles for a particular gene? (e.g. AA or aa)

• Homozygous

• Dominant Trait

• Heterozygous

• Genotype