Genetics and Heredity

4. A nitrogen base, a sugar, and a phosphate group.
10. If a cell can't do this, it can't make proteins from RNA.
11. Chromosomes are made of this and proteins
12. What is the section of the chromosome called that contains the genetic information for a trait?
13. The second generation purple flowered pea plants in Mendel's experiments were _______.
15. The idea of blended inheritance is like __________ _________.
17. The genotype Aa is an example of this.
21. Scientists today know that we do not get our traits through _______ ___________.
24. Shape of DNA
25. These 2 forms of a gene control a gene's genotype.
26. Carries the code for making proteins.

1. These are like family trees that are used to track phenotypes and genotypes
2. A pink and white swirled Camellia is an example of this.
3. DNA goes through ___________ when it needs to copy itself.
5. In humans, brown eyes are ________ to blue eyes.
6. Blue eyes are _________ to brown eyes.
7. The two alleles that control the phenotype.
8. Most human traits are not determined by Mendelian Inheritance, but rather this type of inheritance.
9. When the two alleles determining a trait are the same, they are __________.
14. People who study how traits are passed down are actually studying ________.
16. The _______ _______ is a tool used to predict phenotypes and genotypes
18. The zork's _________ was yellow hair.
19. How mRNA is transcribed from deoxyribonuleic acids.
20. Mutations can be neutral, helpful, harmful, or _____.
22. Scientists today know that ________ is much more complex than just the blending of traits.
23. 3 types of this.(Substitution, Insertion, and Deletion)