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| Adenine | Which nitrogen base pairs with thymine? |
| Pedigree Chart | Chart used to show the passing of traits down from one generation to the next. |
| Guanine | Which nitrogen base pairs with cytosine? |
| Cytosine | Which nitrogen base pairs with guanine? |
| DNA | What passes down traits from one generation to the next? |
| Double helix | What is the shape of DNA? |
| Rosalind Franklin | What is the name of the female scientist that helped discover the shape of DNA? |
| Francis Crick, James Watson, and Maurice Wilkins | What are the names of the three male scientists that helped discover the shape of DNA? |
| Gregor Mendel | Who is the father of genetics? |
| pea plants | What plant did Gregor Mendel do his experiments on genetics with? |
| Traits | What are the overall appearance, or characteristic, of an organism? |
| Genes | What are the units of heredity? |
| Heredity | What is the study of the passing down of traits from one generation to the next called? |
| Dominant | What are the stronger genes in a gene pair called? |
| Recessive | What are the weaker genes in a gene pair called? |
| Purebred and homozygous | What are the 2 terms for an organism with two of the same genes for a trait? |
| Hybrid, heterozygous, and carrier | What are the 3 terms for an organism that has two different genes for the same trait? |
| Phenotype | What is the physical appearance or visible characteristics of an organism? |
| Genotype | What is the actual gene make up or alleles of an organisms called? |
| Incomplete dominance | What is it called when two equally dominant genes come together and mix together to make a new phenotype? |
| Thymine | Which nitrogen base pairs with adenine? |
| Gamete | Fancy name for a sex cell (sperm and egg) |
| Zygote | Fertilized egg cell |
| Cross-pollination | Transfer of pollen from the stamen of one flower to the pistil of a different flower. |
| Probability | Possibility that an event may or may not take place. |
| Punnett Square | Chart used to show the possible gene combinations in a cross between organisms. |
| Codominance | What is it called when two equally dominant genes come together and both show up in the organism? |
