GENETICS HEREDITY Hanover Community School 遗传学amp遗传汉诺威社区学校.pptVIP

GENETICS HEREDITY GENETICS - The study of the way animals plants pass on to their offspring such as: eye color, hair color, height, body build, blood types, intelligence, gender, etc. HEREDITY - Characteristics that a child receives from both parents CELL: Basic unit of all living matter (Adult = over 10 trillion cells) NUCLEUS: Central point of cell / contains genetic coding for maintaining life systems and issuing commands for growth reproduction CYTOPLASM: Substance of a cell outside of the nucleus CHROMOSOMES: 46 in each Nucleus (23 pairs) GENES: bands on chromosomes (thousands