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What is 0
Purple flowers (P) are dominant to white flowers (p). If a homozygous purple flower is crossed with a white flower, how many offspring will be white?
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What is homozygous.
Term for when you have two of the same allele.
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What is UV radiation, smoking, etc.
A way to damage your DNA and create mutations.
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What is improving food quality, crime scene investigation, reproductive technology, etc.
What can DNA technology be used for?
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What is Dolly.
Name of the first sheep that was ever cloned.
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What is 50%
A curly haired woman (Cc) and a straight haired man (cc) have 4 kids. What is the probability a kid has curly hair?
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What is dominant trait.
A trait that masks the presence of another trait.
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What is nondisjunction.
The term used to describe when chromosomes don't separate properly during meiosis.
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What are test-tube babies.
Babies born through IVF are often called this.
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What is pets, testing drugs and treatments, endangered species, superior animals
Potential uses of cloning
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What is heterozygous
A black cat (BB) mates with a white cat (bb). What is the genotype(s) of their offspring?
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What is sex-linked.
A type of trait that is carried on the X-chromosome.
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What is a carcinogen.
A substance capable of causing cancer.
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What is artificial insemination.
When sperm are collected, concentrated and placed in a woman's uterus
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What is
What is one advantage and one disadvantage of genetically modified food?
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What is 50% spotted, 50% plain.
Spotted fish (Ss) mate with plain fish (ss). What are the phenotypes of their offspring?
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What is A, B, O.
The alleles for blood type.
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What is 2.
The number of alleles a person needs to be affected by a recessive disorder.
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What is heel prick test.
How are babies tested for genetic disorders shortly after birth?
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What is a GMO.
An organism that has genes inserted from another organism.
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What is 1.
A colour blind man (b) marries a woman who is a carrier for colourblindness (sex-linked). If they have 4 kids, how many girls would be colourblind?
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What is a carrier.
A person who has a recessive allele but does not display that trait.
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What is proteins.
Genes carry instructions for the production of _____________
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What is amniocentesis.
Test of the fluid surrounding the fetus.
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What is
Potential ethical issues with cloning
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