Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
54 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Sexual |
Reproduction involving male and female |
|
Meiosis |
How sex cells reproduce |
|
Recessive |
Characteristics masked by a dominant one |
|
Chromosome |
Found in nucleus, thread like structure containing genetic material |
|
Asexual |
Type of reproduction not involving sex |
|
Dominant |
Trait that 'overpowers' recessive |
|
Species |
Group of similar organisms capable of breeding with each other |
|
Diploid |
Having two of each chromosome |
|
Generation |
Can wither be f1 or f2 for example |
|
Ovum |
Female sex cell |
|
Zygote |
Cell produced by the union of two gametes |
|
Haploid |
Half the 'normal' number of chromosome |
|
Offspring |
Children (progeny) of a particular plant |
|
Reproduction |
Process of producing offspring |
|
Heterozygous |
Having different alleles for the same characteristics |
|
Mitosis |
How most cells reproduce |
|
Gamete |
Sex (germ) cell |
|
Crick |
Co worker with watson, involved in the research of DNA |
|
Characteristics |
Features passed on to offspring |
|
Cell |
Basic unit of life |
|
Genotype |
Genetic makeup of an individual |
|
Allele |
Non-identical gene for a particular characteristic |
|
Helix |
DNA's structure is a double helix |
|
Sperm |
Males sex cell |
|
Homozygous |
Having the same alleles for the same characteristics |
|
Somatic |
'Normal' body cell |
|
Mandel |
The father of modern genetics |
|
Genetics |
The study of inheritance |
|
Mutation |
The sudden change by a mistake in replication DNA for example |
|
Allele |
Variations on a gene for a particular characteristic |
|
Asexual |
Reproduction that doesn't involve sex. |
|
Cell |
Basic unit of living creatures |
|
Characteristics |
Features passed onto offspring, such as eye colour |
|
Diploid |
Name for the number of chromosomes in a (non sex) cell |
|
Dominant |
The characteristics always seen in a offspring |
|
Gamete |
Reproductive germ or sex cell |
|
Generation |
Offspring of the same set of parents |
|
Genetics |
Study of heredity of passing on of characteristics |
|
Genotype |
Genetic makeup of an individual |
|
Haploid |
Name for cells only having the normal number of chromosome |
|
Heterozygous |
Having to kinds of allele for a particular characteristic |
|
Homozygous |
Having the same allele for a particular characteristic |
|
Meiosis |
How sex cells reproduce |
|
Mendel |
The father of modern genetics |
|
Mitosis |
How most cells reproduce |
|
Mutation |
Sudden change in DNA causing Genitic variation |
|
Offspring |
children of plant and animal |
|
Recessive |
Characteristics masked by a dominant one |
|
Reproduction |
Process by which organisms produce offspring |
|
Sexual |
Reproduction involving male and female |
|
Species |
A group of similar organisms capable of inter-breeding |
|
Sperm |
Male sex cell |
|
Watson |
Co worker with crick, Involved in DNA research |
|
Zygote |
The result of sperm fertilizing an ovum |