4.8 Wrapping Up
Final Questions
As you conclude this introductory chapter, return to our chapter objectives. Can you do the following?
- Define the following terms:
- genetics
- genes
- nucleic acid
- chromosome
- protein
- mutation
- genotype
- phenotype
- codon
- amino acid
- allele
- Justify, with an example, this statement: genotype and the environment combine to make phenotype.
- Explain the connection between gene, allele, chromosome, and DNA.
- Describe, in general, what DNA does.
- Explain the basic science of paternity testing.
