Genetics

Genetics is________________________

• how we inherit our traits.

• the study of parents and their offspring.

• the study of heredity.

___________________the passing of traits from one generations to the next.

• Genetics

• Phenotype

• Genotype

• Heredity

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What are traits?

• What we inherit from our parents.

• The student of heredity.

• The reason welooklike we do.

• Observable charateristics

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What is Cell Theory?

• The basic characteristics of all cells and living organisms.

• Describes the Cell Cycle.

• Explains how we inherit traits.

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What are the three characteristics of Cell Theory?

• All cells come from other cells.

• All organisms are made up of cells.

• Cells are the basic unit of all living things.

• All of the above.

• None of the above.

What are "characteristics"?

• Things you can see, such as eye color, height, dimples.

• Things that everyone has, such as hair, eyes, nose.

• The way people act and behave, such as being kind, athletic, calm.

What kind of traits show?

• Characteristics

• Recessive

• Dominant

Traits that are hidden are_____________________

• charateristics.

• personality.

• recessive.

• dominant.

Where do traits come from?

• Your mother

• Your father

• Your genes

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What is the difference between an "allele" and a "gene"?

• An allele determines the traits you will inherit, and genes are charateristics you cannot see.

• An allele is one half of a gene; a gene is made up of two alleles.

• An allele is inherited from your mother, and genes are are inherited from your father.

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