Environmental Biology & Genetics

Genetics

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

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