1) In mammals, sperm are produced in adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote and adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote are produced in ovaries; in flowering plants, the adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote contain pollen and the adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote contain egg cells. 2) During fertilisation, the nuclei of two gametes fuse to form a adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote . This process produces variety within the species since each zyg;ote receives genetic information form two adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote parents. 3) Chromosomes contain deoxyribonucleic acid (adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote ) which consists of two strands each bearing a chain of adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote molecules. The sequence of bases present in a region of DNA represents a series of codewords. These pass on a message that determines the sequence of adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote acids in, and the structure of, a particular adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote . 4) Each body cell of a multicellular organism has two matching sets of adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote . During adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote formation (meiosis), matching chromosomes pair up and then adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote again. Each gamete formed receives one but not both members of a pair of chromosomes giving it a adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote set of chromosomes. 5) The separation of the members of a pair of chromosomes during meiosis occurs adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote of the separation of all other pairs. This 'shuffling' of chromosomes leads to adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote in the gametes and in the offspring produced. 6) Each body cell of a human adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote contains two X chromosomes; each body cell of a human male contains one X and one adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote chromosome. 7) All human eggs receive an X chromosome; half of the sperm receive an X and half a Y chromosome. The sex of a human individual is adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote by the type of adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote that fertilises the egg. 8) An organism's physical characteristics are known collectively as its adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote ; an organism's inherited characteristics are determined by adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote information received from both of its adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote . 9) Each inherited characteristic is controlled by one or more units of heredity called adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote ; each gene is part of a chromosome. 10) Each gene normally has two or more different forms called adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote . An allele that always shows its effect and masks the presence of the other form is said to be adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote ; an allele that is masked by the dominant form is said to be adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote . 11) Each gamete carries only one allele of a gene; each zygote formed at adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote receives two alleles for each gene, one from each parent. 12) The complete set of genes possessed by an organism is called its adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote . The genotype of an organism with identical alleles of a gene is described as adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote ; the genotype of an organism with two different alleles of a gene is described as adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote . 13) An experimental cross involving one difference between two true-breeding parents is called a adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote cross. All members of the F1 generation resemble the parent with the dominant allele. Selfing of the F1 produces an F2 generation with a phenotypic adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote of 3:1. 14) An organism's phenotype is the result of the interaction between its genotype and the adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote . Differences in phenotype caused by differences in genotype are adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote and passed on from generation to generation. Differences in phenotype caused by environmental factors are not passed on to the next adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote . 15) Those members of a species that are better adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote to the environment survive to adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote age and pass on the adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote characteristics to succeeding generations; those members less well suited fail to do so. This survival of the 'fittest' in each generation is called adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote selection. 16) Genetic adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote allows pieces of DNA to be cut out of one organism and adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote into another organism which then forms a substance new to that species. 17) adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote bacteria can be used as chemical adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote to produce useful products such as human adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote . 18) Unlike selective adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote , genetic engineering allows scientists to alter an organism's genotype adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote so that it will produce exactly what is required immediately.adapted alleles amino anthers base breeding chromosomes determined different directly DNA dominant eggs engineering environment factories favourable female fertilisation gamete generation genes genetic hereditary heterozygous homozygous independently inserted insulin monohybrid natural ovules parents phenotype protein ratio recessive reproductive Reprogrammed separate sperm testes variety Y zygote