Life Science: Genetics

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Answer all these questions from what you know, and I will do the rest! There is also a question of honesty, so please always be honest! Now go ahead and see if you are ready for the test!

Created by: AlexanduhHi
  1. What are genes?
  2. What is a hybrid?
  3. What is an allele?
  4. What does it mean to be homozygous?
  5. What does it mean to be heterozygous?
  6. In the case of Mendel's studies, what are the two pairs of letters for homozygous pea plants in the F2 generation?
  7. Also, what are the two pairs of letters for heterozygous pea plants if the F2 generation, according to Mendel?
  8. What does a Punnett Square show?
  9. Do you understand how to create, fill out, and analyze a Punnett Square? (Be Honest)
  10. What is genotype?
  11. What is phenotype?
  12. After Meiosis, how many sex cells are created?
  13. After Meiosis, how many of the parent chromosomes are in each sex cell?
  14. Where does protein synthesis happen?
  15. What is the role of DNA in protein synthesis?
  16. What is the role of the ribosome in protein synthesis?
  17. What is the role of messenger RNA in protein synthesis?
  18. What is the role of transfer RNA in protein synthesis?
  19. What is the role of the amino acids in protein synthesis?
  20. What is the point of protein synthesis?
  21. What are the four bases in DNA?
  22. What are the four bases in RNA?
  23. What happens when an RNA base is messed up?
  24. What are three ways in which this sort of thing occurrs? (From Above)

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