DNA polymerase can make mistakes while adding nucleotides. It edits the DNA by proofreading every…

When a cell divides, it is important that each daughter cell receives an identical copy of…

There is a second nucleic acid in all cells called ribonucleic acid, or RNA. Like…

Figure 9.1 Dolly the sheep was the first cloned mammal. Photo shows Dolly the sheep,…

Mendel’s studies in pea plants implied that the sum of an individual’s phenotype was controlled…

Although all of Mendel’s pea plant characteristics behaved according to the law of independent assortment,…

In humans, as well as in many other animals and some plants, the sex of…

Mendel implied that only two alleles, one dominant and one recessive, could exist for a…

Mendel studied traits with only one mode of inheritance in pea plants. The inheritance of…

Mendel’s law of independent assortment states that genes do not influence each other with regard to…