Heredity Notes
Heredity Notes
__________ – Study of how traits are inherited by offspring
_________ – result of reproduction; _________ or young of a parent
__________ – the passage of genetic instructions from one generation
to the next generation
_____________ – parents are a generation, their offspring are the next
generation
__________ – Study of how traits are inherited by offspring
_________ – result of reproduction; _________ or young of a parent
__________ – the passage of genetic instructions from one generation
to the next generation
_____________ – parents are a generation, their offspring are the next
generation
________________ - are instructions for inherited traits
_________ – characteristic passed from parent to offspring; for
example: eye color, face shape
________ – a section of DNA that codes for a specific ______
________ (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)
• looks like a twisted ladder, scientist call it a “____________”
• makes up a chromosome
_________________ are made up of DNA
• In ____________ reproduction a parent cell
makes an exact _____ of their chromosomes to
pass on; offspring are _________
• In ___________ reproduction each parent cell
copies their chromosomes, but only donates
half of the chromosomes to pass on; offspring
are _________
• Humans have ______________ of chromosomes
In _____________ cells the genetic material is found in the ________
All cells have genetic material
Traits are governed in the genetic material found: ________  DNA
 ______________  _________
________________ - are instructions for inherited traits
_________ – characteristic passed from parent to offspring; for
example: eye color, face shape
________ – a section of DNA that codes for a specific ______
________ (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)
• looks like a twisted ladder, scientist call it a “____________”
• makes up a chromosome
_________________ are made up of DNA
• In ____________ reproduction a parent cell
makes an exact _____ of their chromosomes to
pass on; offspring are _________
• In ___________ reproduction each parent cell
copies their chromosomes, but only donates
half of the chromosomes to pass on; offspring
are _________
• Humans have ______________ of chromosomes
In _____________ cells the genetic material is found in the ________
All cells have genetic material
Traits are governed in the genetic material found: ________  DNA
 ______________  _________
_________________ – known as the “father of
genetics” because during his research with pea
plants he wrote the ______________________
_________ – scientist use ________s to
represent traits that are passed on; basically you
receive one allele from each parent
 some traits are governed by multiple alleles
____________ – the actual genetic makeup found on a chromosome;
scientist represent a genotype as _________; can be RR, Rr, or rr
____________ – represented by a ________ letter and are _________
shown because they mask other traits; always written first; RR or Rr
___________ – represented by a ___________ letter and can only be
seen when they are all that is present; rr
__________________ – alleles in a gene pair are the ______ EE or ee
______________________ –alleles in a gene pair are __________ Ee
___________ – _______ characteristic shown; round, wrinkled, green
________________ – used by scientist to __________ of an offspring
_________________ – known as the “father of
genetics” because during his research with pea
plants he wrote the ______________________
_________ – scientist use ________s to
represent traits that are passed on; basically you
receive one allele from each parent
 some traits are governed by multiple alleles
____________ – the actual genetic makeup found on a chromosome;
scientist represent a genotype as _________; can be RR, Rr, or rr
____________ – represented by a ________ letter and are _________
shown because they mask other traits; always written first; RR or Rr
___________ – represented by a ___________ letter and can only be
seen when they are all that is present; rr
__________________ – alleles in a gene pair are the ______ EE or ee
______________________ –alleles in a gene pair are __________ Ee
___________ – _______ characteristic shown; round, wrinkled, green
________________ – used by scientist to __________ of an offspring