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An allele  is  an alternative form of a gene. This gene is found in a specific position of a specific chromosome

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DNA and chromosomes work together to carry the genes throughout the reproductive system, because chromosomes are made from DNA molecules, and they hold everything together.

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Genes are things that connect you to you family and DNA shows genes

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The connection is that they are both related to features that your parents or grandparents had.

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1.Definition: "a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring."
2.Example: Hair color, eye color
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1. one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
2. Hair color. If your whole family has black hair and you have blond hair. This is an allele

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1. Any of the rod-shaped or threadlike DNA containing structures of cellular organisms that contain all or most of the genes in that organism. Chromosomes are made up of DNA, and it holds everything together.
2. One chromosome could have information on eye color and height, while another could determine someone's blood type.
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1.Definition: A "DNA is a molecule that carries the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses."
2.Example: Spit
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Questions about the picture below?
1. What do these symbols mean?
2. Why are some chromosomes larger than others?
3. How and why are chromosomes from the mother and father different?
4. How are these being numbered?
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How do all 4 of these words relate to each other?