What do the letters on the inside of a punnett square represent?
Possible genotypes of offspring
What is Chargaff's rule?
%A = %T, %C = %G
One leg is dominant (L) to two legs (l). If two parents that carried the gene for two legs were crossed, what is the probability that the offspring will be homozygous recessive?
1/4, 25%
Give na example of a mutagen.
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What is the complementary RNA strand? TACGTATGCGAGCT
AUGCAUACGCUCGA
Vocabulary: Double-stranded nucleic acid
DNA
What is the product of DNA replication?
Two identical DNA molecules
Vocabulary: genotypes made of the same alleles
Homozygous
Vocabulary: gene that is always expressed
Dominant
What is a genotype?
Determines a trait that will be expressed (represented in dominant/recessive)
What nitrogen bases are found in RNA?
A, U, C, G
Vocabulary: Variation of a gene
Allele
Vocabulary: Study of heredity
Genetics
Vocabulary: single-stranded nucleic acid
RNA
Vocabulary: Genotype made up of different alleles
Heterozygous
Vocabulary: gene that is only expressed in the homozygous state
Recessive
What is a phenotype?
Observable trait
What nitrogen bases are found in DNA?
A, G, T, C
Name 2 similarities between RNA and DNA.
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Name 2 differences between RNA and DNA.
What is the complementary DNA strand? ATGCTAGTAATGCT
TACGATCATTACGA
A homozygous recessive parent and a heterozygous parent are crossed. Draw the punnett square and bring to me.
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Vocabulary: A section of DNA that codes for a protein
Gene
Vocabulary: DNA that is wound up around a protein
Chromosome
What are the three parts that make up a nucleotide?
5-Carbon sugar, phosphate group, nitrogenous base
What do the letters on the outside of a punnett square represent?
Genotypes of parents
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