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Genetics :silhouettes: (Heredity is the passing of physical traits from…
Genetics :silhouettes:
Heredity is the passing of physical traits from parents to child
Your traits are carried in your genes
Humans have 46 chromosomes, 23 from your mom and 23 from your dad
everyones DNA is different
Males have sperm cells
and the females have eggs
Traits can be dominate or receive
For your eye color and your skin color more than 1 gene is involved its called polygenetic
Your genes environment and your nutrition affect who you are
Every cell in your body has the same genes
Dominate genes are going to show more
Recessive genes are there but they don't show as much unless there is 2 of it
Inherited trait is something you were born with
Learn behavior is something you learned from experience like sports or playing instruments
Gregory Mendel studied pea plants to learn about hereditary
Mendel learned about dominate and receive traits.
The Punnett square is used to predict the chan
ces of traits
Mendel studied 30,000 pea plants over 8 years
Mutations are permeant changes to the DNA
Mutations are usually bad.
Cancer is caused by mutations
Mutations that are good can cause evolution