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What is genetics?
The study of heredity
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What are genes and how do we see them?
Basic units of information that are passed from parent to offspring and are expressed as traits
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Genes code for what specifically?
Proteins
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Genes are composed of what?
DNA
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What are some properties of genetic material (DNA)?
- Replicates faithfully, with minimal error
- stores info via genes
- can change over time
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What are the necessary characteristics of model organisms? (6)
- Short generations
- small size
- easily maintained
- high number of progeny
- small genome
- Can represent large branches of the tree of life