lab 6

Question 1

Genetics

Answer 1

study of hereditary transmission and variation

Question 2

Gregor Medel

Answer 2

father of genetics

Question 3

Genes

Answer 3

sequences of DNA which code for a single protein

Question 4

Chromosomes

Answer 4

very long strands of DNA containing hundreds or thousands of genes

Question 5

Mitosis

Answer 5

Diploid

Question 6

Meiosis

Answer 6

diploid to haploid

Question 7

Homologous Chromosomes

Answer 7

two copies of chromosomes

Question 8

Alleles

Answer 8

different forms of a gene

Question 9

Law of Segregation

Answer 9

different forms of a gene(alleles) move as independent units from one generation to the next.

Question 10

Law of Independent assortment

Answer 10

states that alleles for different genes segregate and group independently of each other.

Question 11

Phenotype

Answer 11

Visible traits