Gene & Protein Review

Basic unit of life

• Gene

• Mutations

• Cell

• Chromosome

• Trait

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A feature of an organism

• Gene

• Mutations

• Cell

• Chromosome

• Trait

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Portion of DNA that determines traits

• Gene

• Mutations

• Cell

• Chromosome

• Trait

Structural changes to genes

• Gene

• Mutations

• Cell

• Chromosome

• Trait

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Many genes structured together

• Gene

• Mutations

• Cell

• Chromosome

• Trait

Inside the nucleus of a cell are arrangements of DNA called __________, which are the basic units of heredity.

• chromosomes

• molecules

• genes

• proteins

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Inside the nucleus of a __________ are arrangements of DNA called genes, which are the basic units of heredity.

• chromosome

• cell

• molecule

• organism

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Found on chromosomes, genes determine which __________ your cells will make.

• proteins

• lipids

• variants

• organisms

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Found on __________, genes determine which proteins your cells will make.

• DNA

• chromosomes

• carbohydrates

• cells

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There are different __________________ of genes that code for all the different traits organisms can express.

• variants

• types

• forms

• kinds

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