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Name: Mrs. RodneyDate:Discovery Education Video: Science Kids: All about Genetics: Dominant and Recessive GenesURL: video is 19:28mins long. Below the video you can select to watch the video in segments. There are 5 segments. Answer the questions below and send me a copy of your responses either via email or via remind. (a picture is fine)BASE ALL YOUR ANSWERS ON THE VIDEO TO RECEIVE CREDITSegment 1: What Is Genetics? (4:49mins)What Is Genetics?Who was Gregor Mendel? What was his contribution to what we understand about genetics?What do we call the study of living things and how they inherit traits from one generation to the next?What type of plants did Gregor Mendel use for his experiments?What nickname was given to Gregor Mendel?Segment 2: What Are Genes? (2:40mins)Describe a trait.Explain what genes are.Each cell in our bodies contains about how many genes?Segment 3: What is DNA (4:01mins)What is DNA?The proteins built with our genes have what role in our bodies?Where do we find DNA in our bodies? What are the 4 DNA bases?What causes variations in people?Segment 4: What Are Chromosomes? (1:36mins)What are chromosomes?How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have and who gives them to us?Segment 5: What Is Genetic Inheritance?What makes us different?What are alleles? When are dominant genes expressed?When are recessive genes expressed?How can scientist represent dominant traits and how do they represent recessive traits?THINKING QUESTION: How might studying alleles help scientist learn about genetic diseases? ................
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