Bill Nye Genes Video

microscope

A chromosome can only be seen by using a _______________.

recessive

A gene can be either dominant or _____________________.

twenty-three

A person has _______________ pairs of chromosomes.

cell

A(n) _____________ is the basic unit of life

horse

A(n) ___________________ has 64 chromosomes.

chemicals

ATCG combine in different patterns to form different _______________.

code

All living things have the same genetic ______________.

nucleus

DNA is found in the ______________ of the cell.

main chemicals

DNA is made up of only four ______________ that are found in cells of living things.

blueprint

Each species has a different ________________, but the same kind of DNA molecule

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Genes are made of the chemical ______________.

parents

The genes that determine what you look like came from your ___________________.

sperm and egg

The reproductive cells called _____________ each contain only 1/2 of the genes needed to make a person.

controlled

The way you look when you are born is ___________ by genes.