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36 Cards in this Set
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Heredity
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The passing on of characteristics from parents to offspring
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Trait
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Characteristics that are inherited; passed from parent to offspring
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Genetics
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The branch of biology that studies heredity
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Gametes
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Male and female sex cells
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Fertillization
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When the male gamete unites with the female gamete
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Zygote
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The resulting fertilized cell then developes into a seed
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Pollination
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The transfer of pollen grains from a male reproductive organ to a female reproductive organ in a plant
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Hybrid
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The offspring of parents that have different forms of a trait
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Allele
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Different forms of a trait(letters)
Trait--height A Alleles--Tall AA --Short aa |
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Dominant
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The observed trait
Represented with a capital letter A |
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Recessive
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The trait that is not observed when paired with a dominant trait
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Phenotype
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The way an organism looks or behaves
Brown fur |
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Genotype
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The gene combinations (alleles)
AA, Aa, aa |
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Homozygous
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Two alleles for a trait are the same
AA or aa |
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Heterozygous
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Two alleles for the trait are different
Aa |
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Deoxyribonucleic Acid
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DNA
Double stranded Sugar--Deoxyribose A-T and C-G |
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RNA
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Ribonucleic Acid
Single stranded Sugar--Ribose A-U and C-G |
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mRNA
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Messenger RNA
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tRNA
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Transfer RNA
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rRNA
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Ribosomal RNA
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DNA to mRNA
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Transcription
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mRNA to Amino Acid
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Translation
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Amino Acids
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Make a protein
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A
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Adenine
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T
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Thymine
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G
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Guanine
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C
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Cytosine
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U
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Uracil
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Mutation
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Mistake in the DNA or Genes
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Types of mutations
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Frameshift, Point, Chromosomal
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Types of Chromosomal Mutations
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Insertion, Deletion, Inversion, Translocation
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AGT CCG make a complementary strand of DNA
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TCA GGC
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Make a strand of mRNA from DNA
ATC CGT |
UAG GCA
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Make tRNA from mRNA
UAG GCA |
AUC CGU
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Who discovered the double helix
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Watson and Crick
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