FlashcardsGenetics and Heredity Flashcards
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This 11-card flashcard set covers core genetics concepts for seventh graders, including heredity, reproduction, cell division, DNA replication, and transcription versus translation. Topics span zygotes, meiosis, mitosis, genotype, and the law of independent assortment. Use it for exam review, concept reinforcement, or self-study during a genetics or cell biology unit.
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- How are characteristics passed down from parent to offspring?
- what type of reproduction does not involve the union of gametes?
- which type of cell division results in offspring that have different genetic information from the parent?
- Define Zygote
- which process does a cell use to make a copy of the DNA prior to cell division?
- what are the protein-producing factories in the cytoplasm called?
- explain the difference between transcription and translation
- define genotype
- what law states that the allele inherited for one trait is unrelated to the allele inherited for another trait?
- what is a Punnett square?
- Ways that genetic engineering Can be used to benefit mankind.
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