Genetics and Genetic engineering

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What is genetics? - a branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms. what does heredity mean? - passing on of traits/characteristics from one generation to the next who was the 'Father of Genetics'? - Gregor Mendel What did Gregor Mendel do? - Breed different variations of garden pea plants in the 1800s What are genes? - Genes are sections of DNA that control a single genetic trait. T/F: each chromatid is made up of one, helical DNA molecule. - true What is each DNA molecule made up of? - a series of genes What is the basic unit of heredity in living organisms? - a gene T/F: nearly all somatic cells have an exact copy of all the genes in that organism - true (finish the sentence) Because there are two of each kind of chromosome, each cell contains.... - two of each kind of gene What are alleles? - one of two or more forms of a gene what is the gene pool? - the set of all genes, or genetic information, in a population of sexually reproducing organisms

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Genetics and Genetic engineering

What is genetics? - a branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms.

what does heredity mean? - passing on of traits/characteristics from one generation to the next

who was the 'Father of Genetics'? - Gregor Mendel

What did Gregor Mendel do? - Breed different variations of garden pea plants in the 1800s

What are genes? - Genes are sections of DNA that control a single genetic trait.

T/F: each chromatid is made up of one, helical DNA molecule. - true

What is each DNA molecule made up of? - a series of genes

What is the basic unit of heredity in living organisms? - a gene

T/F: nearly all somatic cells have an exact copy of all the genes in that organism - true

(finish the sentence) Because there are two of each kind of chromosome, each cell contains.... - two of
each kind of gene

What are alleles? - one of two or more forms of a gene

what is the gene pool? - the set of all genes, or genetic information, in a population of sexually
reproducing organisms

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