Gene inheritance

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Where is genetic info held?
Genes
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What is inheritance?
How characteristics are passed from one generation to the next
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What are the name of chromosomes 1 - 22?
Autosomes
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What is chromosome 23?
Sex Chromosome
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What are the two types of sex chromosomes?
** - female , XY - male
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How many chromosomes do we have
46 - which pair in a chromosome compliment (26 pairs)
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How are chromosomes inherited?
One of each pair is from each parent, with 1 copy of each gene being inherited within the chromosomes.
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Genes are either....
Dominant or Recessive
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Dominant genes...
WILL display function
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Recessive genes...
Only display function if there are two copies
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What is chromosome 23?

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What are the two types of sex chromosomes?

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