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| What are gametes? | Sex cells (sperm and egg) |
| what are somatic cells? | Body cells that make up most of the body tissues and organs |
| How many pairs of homologous chromosomes are in human body cells? | 23 |
| What are traits? | distinguishing characteristics that inherited (eye color, leaf shape, tail length) |
| What is an allele? | An individual code for a gene |
| What is the name of the male gamete? | sperm |
| What is the name of the female gamete? | egg |
| Who is considered the "father of genetics" (first and last name)? | Gregor Mendel |
| What is the difference between dominant and recessive? | If both are present , the code for the dominant will hide the recessive |
| Genotype | The alleles for each trait (HH, Hh, hh) |
| Phenotype | The outward appearance of an organism (brown, curly, smooth) |
| What does mitosis produce? | somatic cells |
| What does meiosis produce? | sex cells |
| T=Tall; t = short - What would a genotype TT produce? | Tall |
| Y=loud, y = quiet; What would a yy genotype produce? | Quiet |
| S=striped, s=spotted; What would a genotype Ss produce? | Striped |
