Genetics - Year 10 Science
46 ️How many chromosomes do humans have?
DNA ️Carries the genetic code that determines characteristics of a living thing
Gene ️A short section of DNA
Protein ️A complex unti made of repeating units called amino acids
Nucleus of a cell ️Where are chromo...
Genetics - Year 10 Science
46 ✔️How many chromosomes do humans have?
DNA ✔️Carries the genetic code that determines characteristics of a living thing
Gene ✔️A short section of DNA
Protein ✔️A complex unti made of repeating units called amino acids
Nucleus of a cell ✔️Where are chromosomes found?
Adenine Thymine Guanine Cytosine ✔️The four nitrogen bases that hold together a DNA are...
Adenine and Thymine
Guanine and Cytosine ✔️What are the basing pairing rules?
Mitosis ✔️process by which the nucleus and duplicated chromosomes of a cell divide and are evenly
distributed, forming two daughter nuclei
Diploid Number (46) ✔️Number of chromosomes in a regualr cell
Meiosis ✔️a special kind of nuclear division that occurs in the production of gametes. Instead of making
2 daughter cells, it divides once more and makes 4 daughter cells
Haploid Number (23) ✔️Number of chromosomes in a sex cell
Allele ✔️an alternate form that a gene may have for a single trait; can be dominant or recessive
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