DNA Heredity

This variation of a gene can only be expressed if it is received from both parents

• Shy

• Heterozygous

• Variation

• Recessive

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Different versions of the same gene are called

• Jeans

• Editions

• Varieties

• Alleles

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Physical traits that are expressed are known as ____________

• Mutation

• Personality

• Genotype

• Phenotype

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

In science, mutations are

• The reason the X-Men exist

• Genetically engineered creatures that you fight in the Hunger Games

• A change in the DNA of an organism that produces new traits

• Always helpful for survival

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Traits that are passed from parents to offspring are always

• Recessive

• Inherited

• Dominant

• Heterozygous

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

The genes of an organism that are written with capital or lowercase letters

• Pant size

• Deoxyribonucleic acid

• Genotype

• Gretchentype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

If a gene is always expressed or always shown with a capital letter it is

• Bossy

• Recessive

• Yelling

• Dominant

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

If a certain trait has two different alleles (one dominant and one recessive) it is called __________________

• Homozygous

• Confused

• Differentiated

• Heterozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

True or false: Mutations only harm chances of survival:

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

When the patient needs eye surgery because he has the same eye problem as his mom and dad, it is a(n) ______ .

• learned behavior

• acquired physical trait

• inherited physical trait

• instinct

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2