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what does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
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what structure is DNA? And what structure in RNA?
DNA is a double helix structure and RNA is a helix.
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Where is DNA found?
DNA is found inside the chromosomes that are in the nucleus.
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What is DNA made of?
DNA is made of phosphate molecule, deoxyribose sugar and nitrogenous bases.
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What are the nitrogenous bases in DNA?
Guanine, cytosine, adenine and thymine.
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What are the nitrogenous bases in RNA?
guanine, cytosine, adenine and uracil.
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What are the sex chromosomes?
X and Y
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how many sex chromosomes are there?
2 sex chromosomes
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what sex chromosomes make up a female and a male?
Female- **
Male- XY
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What are autosomes?
Autosomes are every chromosome but the sex chromosomes
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how many autosomes are there?
44
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What is a karyotype?
A karyotype shows your chromosomes and their pair.
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what are somatic cells?
somatic cells are body cells?
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are somatic cells Diploid or haploid?
Diploid
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Are somatic cells created by mitosis or meiosis?
Mitosis
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how many chromosomes are there in somatic cells?
46
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what are gametes?
gametes are sex cells.
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are gametes haploid or diploid?
haploid
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are gametes produced by mitosis or meiosis?
meiosis
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how many chromosomes are in gametes?
23
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What are the 2 human gametes?
Egg and sperm cells.
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what is a zygote
a fertilised egg cell
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what is diploid?
a cell that has 2 or more copies of a chromosome
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what is haploid
a cell that has 1 copy the chromosome
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what is a genotype?
Genotype is the alleles an individual has in their genetics?
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what is a phenotype?
the physical expression of allels
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what is an allele?
a variation of gene
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what is a dominant trait?
a dominant trait requires only 1 allele to be present
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what is a recessive trait?
a recessive trait requires 2 alleles to be present
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who is mendal?
An Australian monk who studied pea plants
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what is complete dominance?
Complete dominance happens when 1 trait is completely dominant over the other
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what is incomplete dominance?
incomplete dominance happens when both alleles are present and blend together.
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codominance
codominance happens when both alleles are present and they doth show through in patches.
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What sex can only provide and Y?
male
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what is mitosis?
mitosis produces somatic cells and diploid cells.
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how many divisions does mitosis involve?
mitosis involves 1 division
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are the daughter cells identical to the parent cell in mitosis?
daughter cells are identical to parents cells
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what is meiosis?
meiosis produces gametes and haploid cells.
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how many divisions does meiosis involve?
meiosis involves 2 divisions
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are daughter cells identical to parents cells in meiosis?
Daughter cells are not identical to parents cells
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what is a Mutation?
a change i the DNA sequence
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are mutations harmful?
no
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What are mutagens?
mutagens are what cause mutations.
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