Sexual Reproduction

Combining of egg and sperm

• Asexual Reproduction

• Sexual Reproduction

• Diverse

• Uniform

A benefit of sexual reproduction is

• less energy is used

• greater genetic diversity in the species

• it is more efficient than asexual reproduction

What is the scientific study of heredity?

• Heredity

• Genetics

• Allele

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What is the passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next?

• Genetics

• DNA

• Heredity

• Nucleus

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What is DNA? (Check the correct boxes)

• Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid

• Offspring

• located in the nucleus

• determines the genetic traits of an organism

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What is a segment of DNA found on a chromosome; determines the inheritance of a particular trait?

• Gene

• Allele

• Heredity

• DNA

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A recessive allele is represented by a ______ letter.

• lower-case

• capital

A dominant allele is represented by a ______ letter.

• lower-case

• capital

Bb is a ______.

• genotype

• phenotype

Genes are inherited in pairs, one from each parent.

• True

• False

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