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The parts of a chromosome that control inherited traits is referred to as genes. There are many types of inherited traits, some visible while the others are invisible,

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Gene A occurs on chromosome 5 gene B on chromosome 21 Therefore these two parts of a chromosome cannot be what?

alleles


What is a list of the 3 parts of a chromosome?

Telomere - The ends of the chromosome. Centromere - The primary constriction of the chromosome. Chromatid - A single molecule of DNA. The centromere also divides the chromosome into a short arm (p) and a long arm (q).


The difference between deletion duplication inversion and translocation?

Deletions are a loss of all or part of a chromosome. Duplications produce extra copies of parts of a chromosome. Inversions reverse the direction of parts of a chromosome. Translocations occur when part of one chromosome breaks off and attaches to another.


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body parts inherited from a distant ancestor that have not disapeared yet.


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The structure that holds the 2 parts of the chromosome together?

Centromere.


What parts of a cell contains hereditary materials?

the mitochondria


Suppose your looking through a microscope and you see an exchange of chromosome segments between chromosome pair 7 and chromosome pair 15?

An exchange of chromosome segments is called a translocation. In genetics, it refers to a chromosome abnormality caused by rearrangement of parts between nonhomologous chromosomes.


What is the different between trait and character?

A trait is generally something that is inherited from your biological family through genetics, such as eye color. A characteristic is usually something that is unique to the individual, such as sense of humor or the way someone dresses. Traits are generaly physical while your character is more your personality


What is the name for each of the two identical parts of a double chromosome?

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Body parts starting with the letter x?

There is the xiphoid process (a small piece of cartilage at the base of your sternum)XX chromosome...orXY chromosome:)