B1: You and Your Genes 0.0 / 5 ? BiologyDNA and inheritanceGCSEOCR Created by: joanna.traverse17Created on: 17-04-16 18:37 What is the Nucleus? It contains all your genetic material. 1 of 16 What is all the genetic material arranged into? Chromosomes 2 of 16 How many pairs of Chromosomes do we have? 23 Pairs 3 of 16 What is a Chromosome? A Chromosome is a one very long molecule of DNA that's coiled up 4 of 16 What is a Gene? A Gene is a short length of a Chromosome 5 of 16 What do Genes do? They control the development of different characteristics 6 of 16 Whats the name for different versions of the same gene? Alleles 7 of 16 What do different versions of proteins mean? We end up with different characteristics 8 of 16 What two types of proteins are there? Structural and Functional 9 of 16 Where can structural proteins be found? They're part of hair, skin, blood and the cytoplasm in our cells. 10 of 16 What does the functional protein amylase do? Its a digestive enzyme that breaks down starch to maltose 11 of 16 What is an organism's genotype? All of the genes it has 12 of 16 What is an organism's phenotype? All the characteristics it displays 13 of 16 What causes dimples? Only genes 14 of 16 What causes scars? Only environmental factors 15 of 16 What causes weight? Both genetics and environmental factors 16 of 16
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