Download Genetics review sheet VOCABULARY- on the test, the vocabulary

Genetics review sheet
VOCABULARY- on the test, the vocabulary section will be fill in the blank with a word bank
1. gene
2. DNA
3. Phenotypes
4. Genotype
5. Heterozygous
6. Homozygous
7. Amino acid
8. Codominance
9. Recessive trait
10. Dominant trait
11. Pedigree
12. Sex-linked trait
13. Nucleus
14. Ribosome
15. Allele
Genetics review sheet
16. What are three characteristics of all living things?
17. What is the shape of DNA?
What are the nucleotide bases that provide the code of DNA?.
18. What is the difference between males and females in terms of chromosomes?
19. Why do you have TWO alleles for most genes?
20. Explain what is meant by “DNA unites all organisms”.
21. The code of DNA goes to mRNA which travels to a ____________________. Then
tRNA bring ___________________ which link and fold to form a ________________.
22. What do the different symbols in a pedigree mean?
23. Draw the Punnett Square to show the results of a cross between a homozygous
dominant tall pea plant and a heterozygous tall pea plant.
24. Draw the Punnett Square to show the results of a cross between a father with type o
blood and a mother heterozygous for type A blood.
25. Draw the Punnett Square to show the results of a cross between a mother that is a
carrier of the baldness gene and a father that is not bald. Baldness is a recessive sexlinked trait.
Genetics review sheet
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