lab 7

Question 1

genetics

Answer 1

study of genetics of hereditary transmission and variation

Question 2

Genes

Answer 2

heredity encoded

Question 3

Chromosomes

Answer 3

long strands of DNA containing many many genes

Question 4

Homologous Chromosomes

Answer 4

each diploid cell has a copy of every chromosome, one mother and one father

Question 5

alleles

Answer 5

different forms of genes

Question 6

Law of Segregation

Answer 6

states that different forms of genes (alleles) move as independent units from one generation to the next and that they segregate at random into gametes during meiosis

Question 7

Law of Independent Assortment

Answer 7

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