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| What is the genetic code? |
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| the order of nitrogen bases along a gene |
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| Where does protein synthesis take place? |
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| on the ribosomes in the cytoplasm of the cell |
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| A mutation is harmful to an organism if it |
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| reduces the organism's chances for survival and reproduction |
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| When sex cells combine to produce offspring, each sex cell will contribute |
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| half the normal number of chromosomes. |
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True or False
A mutation in a sex cell can be passed to offspring. |
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True or False
The sex cells produced by meiosis have twice the number of chromosomes as the parent cells. |
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| What did Gregor Mendel do to study different characteristic in his genetics experiments? |
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| He cross-pollinated plants. |
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| Walter Sutton discovered that the sex cells of grasshoppers have exactly |
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| half the number of chromosomes found in the body cells. |
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| What is the probability of producing a tall plant from two hybrid tall plants? |
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| factors that control traits |
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| the different forms of a gene |
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| refers to physical characteristics that are studied |
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True or False
Chromosomes carry genes from parents to offspring |
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