Biology Defintions

DNA is the material in your cells that carries out instructions for how your body grows, looks, and works. Your eye colour is an example of how your DNA is. A gene is a small section of DNA that codes for a specific trait or function in the body, like your hair colour – whether it’s brown, black, etc. An allele is a different version of a gene that can determine a specific trait example, if your parents have brown eyes, you’re most likely to have brown eyes too. Punnett squares are a simple chart that is used to predict traits being passed from parents to offspring, like Parent 1 (B), Parent 2 (b), and can predict possible combinations (BB, Bb, bb) can be predicted.

 

 

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