Transcript What is DNA?

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Kimberly Franklin
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It looks like a twisted
ladder and is made of
sugars and nitrogen
bases Adenine,
Cytosine, Guanine,
Thymine.
What is DNA?
The chromosome responsible for
determining whether the
offspring is male or female.
What is a Y chromosome?
The number of
chromosomes a
human has in
their body
cells.
What is 23 pairs or 46?
The purpose of
meiosis, or
cell division,
effecting sex
cells.
What is
Reproduction?
Division of body
cells for the
purpose of
growth and
repair.
What is Mitosis?
What is a
Punnett
Square?
It is used to predict the
possible combination of
alleles.
B
b
B
BB
Bb
b
Bb
bb
What is the
Genotype?
An organism’s allele
combinations.
B
b
B
BB
Bb
b
Bb
bb
What is the
Phenotype?
The physical
appearance of a trait.
DAILY
DOUBLE
B
b
B
BB
Bb
b
Bb
bb
What is
Heterozygous
?
A genotype with one
dominant and one
recessive gene.
B
b
B
BB
Bb
b
Bb
bb
What is
Homozygous
Recessive?
A genotype where
both genes are
recessive.
H
t
H
HH
Ht
t
Ht
tt
What is
one-half
or 50%?
The chance of getting
a heterozygous
outcome.
H
t
H
t
HH
Ht
Ht
tt
What is 1
out of 4 or
25%?
The chance of getting a
homozygous dominant
outcome.
H
t
H
t
HH
Ht
Ht
tt
What is 1
out of 4 or
25%?
The chance of getting a
homozygous recessive
outcome.
d
D
D
d
DD
Dd
What is the
dominant?
Dd
dd
The allele / gene that has a
75% chance of being
displayed in the offspring.
d
D
D
d
DD
Dd
What is the
recessive?
Dd
dd
The allele / gene that has a
25 % chance of being
displayed in the offspring.
Mendel’s
occupation.
What is a
priest or
monk?
Where Mendel lived and
studied.
What is the monastery’s
garden (in central
Europe)?
The topic of Mendel’s research.
What are
peas or pea
plants?
What Mendel called plants that
always produced offspring with
the same traits.
P generation
F1
F2
What is a Purebred?
The results of cross-pollination
or cross-breeding.
P generation
What is a hybrid?
F1
An organism that
is genetically
identical to the
organism from
which it is
produced.
What is a clone?
An “x-ray” of DNA that is used
by law enforcement to connect
a suspect to the scene of a
crime .
What is DNA
fingerprinting?
Genes from one organism are
transferred into DNA of a
different organism in this
process.
What is “ Transgenics”or
Genetic Engineering?
A DNA technology used by the
farming industry to improve
food crops.
Fish DNA +
Tomato DNA
Golden Rice
adds Vitamin A
What is GMO food or
Genetically engineered crops?
Scientific
research to
crack the code
(map) human
DNA.
What is the Human Genome
Project?
FINAL
JEOPARDY
Charts
?
A chart that is used to trace a specific
trait through generations.
What is a Pedigree
The way to calculate slope
What is Rise/run?