Biology Genetics

What is circled in the pictures?

• Genes

• DNA

• Alleles

• Chromosones

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What is circled in the diagram?

• Allele

• DNA

• Gene

• Chromosones

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What is represented in the picture?

• Chromosomes

• Allele

• Genes

• DNA

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A _____ is a short section of a chromosome.

• DNA

• Chromosome

• Gene

• Trait

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Who was considered to be the father of Genetics?

• Charles Darwin

• Aristotle

• John Newton

• Gregor Mendel

A complex molecule (double helix - “twisted staircase”) that carries the code for organisms’ traits, which is passed on from generation to generation.

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The scientific study of heredity.

• Biology

• Gene Therapy

• Genetic Counseling

• Genetics

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Scientific study of heredity

• Genetics

• Heredity

• Anatomy

• Biology

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A mutation is

• any change that is harmful

• any change in a gene or chromosome

• any change that is helpful

• any change in the phenotype

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Organisms receive 1/2 of their chromosomes from each of their _______.

• Parents

• Siblings

• Friends

• Government

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