Review Questions-Heredity

These are inherited genes that determine physical and physiological traits.

It is the basic, structural, functional and biological unit of all living organisms.

It has a double helix like a twisted ladder

A molecule that plays crucial role in coding, decoding, regulation and expression of genes.

These are segments of DNA that contain instructions to produce molecules called proteins.

It is the passing of traits from parents to their offspring either through sexual or asexual reproduction.

It is a trait that always comes out/

He discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments with pea plants.

A chromosome that is found in both males and females.

A couple is expecting a baby. The mother has two X chromosomes (XX) and the father has one X and one Y chromosome (XY). What is the probability that their child will be male?