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Genetics (Your traits are carried in your genes, genes are made up of DNA …
Genetics
Your traits are carried in your genes, genes are made up of DNA
Humans have 46 chromosomes (23 from your mother and 23 from your father)
Everyones DNA is different
Males have sperm cells and Females have egg cells
Traits can be dominant and recessive
For your eye color and your skin color more than one gene is involved.
genes, environment and nutrition effect who you are
Every cell in your body has the same genes
Dominant genes always shows instead of the recessive gene.
An inherited trait is a feature you are born with
A learned behavior is something you were taught through experience.
Gregor Mendel studied pea plants to learn about heredity
Mendel learnt about dominant and recessive traits
The punnett square is used to predict the chances of traits
Mendel studies 30,000 pea plant over 8 years.
A mutation is a permanent change to a cells DNA or RNA
Mutations are usually bad
Cancer is called by cell mutation
mutations that are good can cause evolution.