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Vocabulary: Double-stranded nucleic acid
DNA
Vocabulary: single-stranded nucleic acid
RNA
Vocabulary: Study of heredity
Genetics
Vocabulary: DNA that is wound up around a protein
Chromosome
Vocabulary: A section of DNA that codes for a protein
Gene
Vocabulary: Genotype made up of different alleles
Heterozygous
Vocabulary: Variation of a gene
Allele
Vocabulary: gene that is always expressed
Dominant
Vocabulary: genotypes made of the same alleles
Homozygous
Vocabulary: gene that is only expressed in the homozygous state
Recessive
What do the letters on the outside of a punnett square represent?
Genotypes of parents
What do the letters on the inside of a punnett square represent?
Possible genotypes of offspring
What is a genotype?
Determines a trait that will be expressed (represented in dominant/recessive)
What is a phenotype?
Observable trait
What are the three parts that make up a nucleotide?
5-Carbon sugar, phosphate group, nitrogenous base
What nitrogen bases are found in DNA?
A, G, T, C
