DNA & Genetics

The molecule that determines the genetic characteristics of most living things

• DNA

• CHROMOSOME

• GENE

• REPLICATION

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Thread-like structures in the nucleus that contain genes

• DNA

• CHROMOSOME

• GENE

• REPLICATION

A section of DNA that carries the genetic code for a particular characteristic

• DNA

• CHROMOSOME

• GENE

• REPLICATION

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

The process of making copies of DNA

• CHROMATID

• REPLICATION

• MITOSIS

• MEIOSIS

One of the strands of a chromosome following replication

• CHROMATID

• CHROMOSOME

• CENTROMERE

• CENTRIOLE

Cell division that produces two daughter cells identical to the parent cell

• MITOSIS

• MEIOSIS

• REPLICATION

• ALLELES

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Cell division that produces gametes with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell

• MITOSIS

• MEIOSIS

• REPLICATION

• ALLELES

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The study of inherited characteristics (called traits)

• DNA

• GENE

• GENETICS

• ALLELES

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Variations of genes

• GENE

• GENETICS

• REPLICATION

• ALLELES

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The characteristic that is observed

• RECESSIVE

• HOMOZYGOUS

• HETEROZYGOUS

• DOMINANT

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-4