In sexually reproducing organisms, each parent contributes half of the genes acquired (at random) by the offspring. Individuals have two of each chromosome and hence two alleles of each gene, one acquired from each parent. These versions may be identical or may differ from each other.
Standard detail
MS-LS3-2
Depth 3Parent ID: 5ED371BFDE7A46CBAA1B946258725E66Standard set: Middle School DCI
Original statement
Quick facts
- Statement code
- MS-LS3-2
- List ID
- i
- Standard ID
- 8B76CAF2E830437FBF1A8D9D7E014293
- Subject
- Life Science
- Grades
- 06, 07, 08
- Ancestor IDs
- 5ED371BFDE7A46CBAA1B946258725E6600A8E41CAF5542FA99E2CDDE2ACA83583197960C8F144987B21A7046E3BEBFE6
- Source document
- NGSS DCI Combined
- License
- CC BY 4.0 US