What is the complementary DNA strand? ATGCTAGTAATGCT
TACGATCATTACGA
Vocabulary: DNA that is wound up around a protein
Chromosome
Vocabulary: Genotype made up of different alleles
Heterozygous
What are the three parts that make up a nucleotide?
5-Carbon sugar, phosphate group, nitrogenous base
Name 2 similarities between RNA and DNA.
Answers vary
What is a genotype?
Determines a trait that will be expressed (represented in dominant/recessive)
Vocabulary: A section of DNA that codes for a protein
Gene
Name 2 differences between RNA and DNA.
What do the letters on the inside of a punnett square represent?
Possible genotypes of offspring
Vocabulary: gene that is only expressed in the homozygous state
Recessive
Vocabulary: single-stranded nucleic acid
RNA
What is the complementary RNA strand? TACGTATGCGAGCT
AUGCAUACGCUCGA
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%
What nitrogen bases are found in DNA?
A, G, T, C
A homozygous recessive parent and a heterozygous parent are crossed. Draw the punnett square and bring to me.
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What nitrogen bases are found in RNA?
A, U, C, G
Vocabulary: Study of heredity
Genetics
What is a phenotype?
Observable trait
Vocabulary: gene that is always expressed
Dominant
What do the letters on the outside of a punnett square represent?
Genotypes of parents
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