Punnet
Square I
Punnet
Square II
Making Babies
Mapping Traits
Vocabulary
Student
Objectives
Heredity
Mendel
Principle
of Segregation
Principle
of Independent Assortment
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search of the gene.
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Vocabulary (Fill in the space with the appropriate vocabulary.)
| ____________________ | The molecular strand on which our blueprint is written. |
| ____________________ | The process that produces gamates (i.e. sperm and egg). |
| ____________________ | The process where a fertilized egg grows into a new individual. |
| ____________________ | Coiled up DNA. |
| ____________________ | The stage where you can see DNA. |
| ____________________ | The stage when two new nuclei are formed. |
| ____________________ | The stage when a parent cell physically becomes two daughter cells. |
| ____________________ | The physical result of a combination of alleles. |
| ____________________ | That part of a DNA strand which results in a physical characteristics. (Note: The general term for allele.) |
| ____________________ | A combination of alleles in your DNA (e.g. GG) |
| ____________________ | The trait that shows up based upon the genotype (e.g. green peas) |
| ____________________ | A genotype made from the same type of alleles. |
| ____________________ | A genotype made from two different alleles. |
| ____________________ | An allele that always shows its traits. |
| ____________________ | An allele that only shows its traits when paired with another allele of the same type. |
| ____________________ | Two different types of alleles that always shows their traits, even when paired together. |