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Genetics Study Guide
What are physical characteristics that are studied in genetics are called?
The different forms of a gene are called __________.
What is probability?
What does a punnett square show?
Be able to work punnett square problems—refer to your practice sheet.
Know the difference between genotype and phenotype.
Review your 3 genetics
quizzes, your vocabulary
and your notes. Use
these to review the
questions on this study
guide. Be prepared for
the review on Weds.
Look for the notes
downloads on my Blog.
What is a pedigree used for?
Be able to work simple pedigree problems and identify pedigree symbols.
Describe the allele combination of a heterozygous organism.
Describe the allele combination of a homozygous organism.
What does codominance mean in genetics? How is it different from Incomplete dominance?
Know the difference between a hybrid and a purebred.
In what decade was the DNA structure discovered?
Who discovered the structure of DNA?
What is the scientific name of the DNA structure?
Which is the correct order of events in DNA replication?
In which stage of cellular division does DNA replication occur?
What are the sides of the DNA ladder made of?
Which nitrogen base is not used in DNA replication?
What did Rosalind Franklin do?
On DNA strands, what do nitrogen bases always attach to?
In protein synthesis, what organelle is used to make the protein?
Know which nitrogen bases match each other?