sex cell used in sexual reproduction. In humans, a male gamete is the sperm and the female gamete is the ovum (egg cell).
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What is the term known as the 2 alleles of a gene of the same genetic variant?
homozygous
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What is the term known as the 2 alleles of different genetic variants?
heterozygous
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Dominant is when..?
you only need one copy of a dominant genetic variant to have the feature it produces
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Recessive is when..?
you must have 2 copies of a recessive genetic variant to have the feature it produces, and the genetic variant will only show when the feature is homozygous
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How many sex chromosomes do humans have?
23
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If the 'E' variant causes wet ear wax, and the 'e' variant causes dry earwax, which one is dominant?
The 'E' variant as you only need 1 dominant variant of alleles to have its feature.
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'Ee' would be known as..?
Heterozygous, as they're both 2 different alleles
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