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Friday 12 April 2019

4 Things Covered in The Recent Topic

In the recent topic, we have been learning about Genetics and Evolution
Here are 4 of the things that we covered in this topic

1.Chromosomes: Chromosomes are made up of DNA and are received half and half from each parent. In each cell, there are 46 Chromosomes and 23 are received from each parent. They are found in the nucleus

2.Alleles: Alleles are an alternate form of genes that come in dominant and recessive forms. Dominant is marked by a Capital letter and Recessive by lower-case.

3.Punnett Squares: Punnett Squares are used to look at how people get their genes from their parents. Example:
Image result for punnett square

4. Vestigial Structures: Vestigial structures are something used by somethings ancestors that is no longer useful but is still remaining. Examples of this are the wings of a kiwi, human tail-bones and the human appendix

Thanks for reading the blog and please comment as it is helpful feedback and it is good for my learning

1 comment:

  1. Good Job Logan, you have shown me you have understanding of the topic. Next time, it would be great to see some more depth to your explanations, or extend yourself with research into an area of interest.

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