Unit 3 Keywords Review on Genetics
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- Q1this is the molecule, unique to each individual, carrying the genetic information to be found in every cellDNA30s
- Q2the characteristic of a trait that is expressed whether the trait is passed on from one or both parentsdominant30s
- Q3having 2 of each type of chromosome, constituting pairs of homologous chromosomes with the same genesdiploid30s
- Q4one of the forms of a geneallele30s
- Q5a single long molecule of DNA wound around special proteinschromosome30s
- Q6a section of a chromosome that typically contains the code for a particular protein, which determines a specific traitgene30s
- Q7the study of how heritable characteristics are determined and passed from parents to offspringgenetics30s
- Q8a collective word for sex cells, eggs and sperm, or for any cell that combines with another to form a zygotegametes30s
- Q9containing one chromosome of each typehaploid30s
- Q10the term used to describe the shape of DNAdouble helix30s
- Q11the synthesis of an RNA molecule using a DNA molecule for a templatetranscription30s
- Q12the second stage of cell division, in which the chromosome pairs line up along the middle of the cell, and spindle fibers attach to the centromere of each chromosome pairmetaphase30s
- Q13a taxonomic category representing a group of individual organisms that resemble one another closely and are able to interbreedspecies30s
- Q14the particular traits expressed, or visible, for a set of charactersphenotype30s
- Q15process by which organisms with certain traits survive to reproduce and pass on those traits to their offspringnatural selection30s