Genetic Variation

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  • Created on: 04-01-13 18:24
What do your chromosomes determine?
Whether you are female or male.
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The 23rd pair are labelled?
** or XY
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They are the 2 chriomosomes that decide whether...
you turn out male or female
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An allele that controls the development of a characteristic when it is present on only one of the chromosomes is a...
dominant allele.
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An allele that controls the development of characteristics only if the dominant allele is not present is a...
recessive allele.
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) Chromosomes are made up of..
f large molecules of DNA (deoxyribo nucleic acid) which has a double helix structure.
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What did Mendel realsie on his garden plot?
noted how characteristics in plants were passed on from one generation to the next.
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Mendel showed that the height characteristics in pea plants were determined by...
separately inherited ("hereditary units") passed on from each parent.
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Mendel reached...
3 important clonclusion
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1. Characteristics in plants are determined by...
genes
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genes are passed on from..
both parents, one from each
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genes can be dominant or recessive. If an individual has both the dominant and the recessive uit for a characteristic, the...
dominant characteristic will be expressed.
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The 23rd pair are labelled?

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** or XY

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They are the 2 chriomosomes that decide whether...

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An allele that controls the development of a characteristic when it is present on only one of the chromosomes is a...

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An allele that controls the development of characteristics only if the dominant allele is not present is a...

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