What are observable characteristics?
Features
Traits
What determines traits?
Thoughts
Genes
What alleles show up as traits?
Recessive Alleles
Dominant Alleles
What do alleles create or express?
Learned Skills
Differences in Phenotype
What is an example of a trait?
Eye Color
Tooth Cavaties
What tool do scientists use to predict traits?
Punnett Square
Cladogram
What process contributes to genetic diversity?
Independent Assortment
Mitosis
How do scientists make copies of DNA segments?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Recessive Machine
What traits are controlled by more than one gene?
Homogenic
Polygenic
What are traits influened by multiple genes and the environment?
Complex Traits
Simple Traits
Which is an example of complex trait?
Attached or Unattached Ear Lobes
Height
Which is a polygenic trait?
Hair Color
Blood Type
What studies how genes impact differences between individuals?
Heritability
Epigenetics
When one gene controls how other genes are expressed?
Epistasis
Homeostasis
What influences height in humans?
80% Genes, 20% Outside Factors
20% Genes, 80% Outside Factors
What is an example of an illness caused by complex traits?
Heart Disease
The Flu
