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Genetics
Heredity is the passing of traits from Parents to
Traits are carried in your Genes
Humans have 23 Pairs of chromosomes
Because everyone is different, no one has the exact same set of DNA except for Identical Twins
Males have sperm cells and females have Egg cells.
Sometimes have dominant Genes or they could have Recessive Genes. If they have a recessive gene, it is still in them, but it is not shown.
Dominant Genes will show more than Recessive Genes.
Genes, Environment and Nutrition affect who you are
Inherited Traits are what you are born with but learned behavior are things that you are taught.
Passing of traits from parents to offspring is called heredity
You only get one kind of gene, either a dominant or a recessive trait.
It takes two recessive genes to get a recessive trait.
Punnett squares allows you to predict the likelihood of what offspring of two people would have
Gregor Mendel was one of the first people to get a major understanding of heredity and genetics. He used pea plants to learn about heredity
Mutations are permanent changes to the DNA or RNA
Mutations that are permanent are usually deleterious
Cancer is caused by mutations
Mutations that are good can lead to evolution
The 4 types of mutation are Deletion, Insertion. duplication and frameshift mutation
