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This word refers to a trait that is expressed only when a genotype is homozygous (Hint: yy)
recessive trait
True/False: Mendel bred corn in his experiment
False, he bred peas.
is Yy homozygous or heterozygous?
heterozygous
This word refers to having two different alleles of a gene (Kk)
heterozygous
This word refers to the passing on of physical characteristics from one generation to another.
Heredity
This word refers to the change in DNA of a gene.
genotype
This word refers to the change of physical appearance of an organism.
phenotype
True/False: a mutation is not a change in the DNA sequence of an organism
False
A frame shift mutation is caused by what in a DNA sequence?
insertion or deletion
How can two parents with blue eyes have a child with purple eyes?
Both parents have a recessive gene for purple eyes
If I cross dominant XX (blue) and recessive xx (pink) my first set of offsprings will be....
blue
True/False: Between two parents, their offsprings will receive 50% of genes from each parent.
True
What are the three types of substitution mutations?
Missense, silent, and nonsense
What shape does DNA have?
helical
True/False: Proteins are responsible for extracting energy from other proteins
False, proteins help cells extract energy from food.
