Concepts of Genetics: DNA, mitosis, meiosis, mendelian genetics

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What is the genotype of a pea plant that is heterozygous for tallness?

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Tt

Front

What are the basic building blocks of all living things?

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Cells

Front

What are threadlike chunks of DNA that humans have 23 pairs of?

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Chromosomes

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Which process produces non-identical cells?

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Meiosis

Front

What do you call a pair of alleles that are different?

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Heterozygous

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What is the process of cell division that results in two identical daughter cells?

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Mitosis

Front

What is the term for the observable traits of an organism?

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Phenotype

Front

What is the genetic makeup of an organism called?

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Genotype

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What is the term for an organism with two identical alleles for a trait?

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Homozygous

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What is the principle that states that alleles for different traits are distributed to gametes independently of one another?

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Law of Independent Assortment