You receive 23 chromosomes from your mom and 23 from your dad for a total of 23 pair. In each chromosome, there is a ton of strands of DNA. DNA is the code that tells your cells what to do and how to be and how to act. You receive inherited traits from your parents through these passed down chromosomes.
Here are some inherited traits:
eye color, hair color, skin color, height, body type, physical ability, ability to roll your tongue. You also inherit certain instincts like crying, walking, running away from a tiger... You also inherit things like being naturally gifted in science or musical ability.
Here are some inherited traits:
eye color, hair color, skin color, height, body type, physical ability, ability to roll your tongue. You also inherit certain instincts like crying, walking, running away from a tiger... You also inherit things like being naturally gifted in science or musical ability.
Inherited Traits from your parents: You get 23 chromosomes from your mom and 23 chromosomes from your dad- which gives you 23 chromosome PAIRS. Chromosomes have DNA inside of them. DNA is a record of instructions telling the cell what its job is going to be. DNA is like blueprints for the cell, or computer code telling a PC what to do. It is written in a special alphabet that is only four letters long! Unlike a book or computer screen, DNA isn't flat and boring - it is a beautiful curved ladder. We call this shape a double helix. The letters of the DNA alphabet (called bases) make up the rungs, special sugars and other atoms make up the handrail.
The rungs are very special. Each one has a name (Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine), but we call them by their initials: A, T, C and G They don't like to be by themselves so they always pair up with a friend. But they are very choosy about their friends:
ATG CGT GGT CAG TCG ATA TAT GGC CCC
These words make up sentences that the cell understands. These sentences are called genes.
[ATG CGT GGT CAG] [TCG ATA TAT GGC CCC]
Each sentence tells a cell to make a special molecule called a protein. These proteins control everything in a cell. In this way, DNA is like the boss of a company, and not the brain of the cell. It issues instructions, but doesn't do very much of the actual work :) These proteins help each cell do its job. Each gene makes one protein, and only one protein.
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For Inherited Traits:
Flying Squirrel image
Saguaro Cactus image
For Instincts (a type of inherited trait)
Crying Baby image
Growling dog image
For Learned Behaviors:
Dog Riding a Bike image
Kid shooting a basketball image
Polar Bears in dumpster image
Learned vs Inherited- what if they mated computer game
The rungs are very special. Each one has a name (Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine), but we call them by their initials: A, T, C and G They don't like to be by themselves so they always pair up with a friend. But they are very choosy about their friends:
- A and T are best friends and always hang out together
- G and C are best friends and always hang out together
ATG CGT GGT CAG TCG ATA TAT GGC CCC
These words make up sentences that the cell understands. These sentences are called genes.
[ATG CGT GGT CAG] [TCG ATA TAT GGC CCC]
Each sentence tells a cell to make a special molecule called a protein. These proteins control everything in a cell. In this way, DNA is like the boss of a company, and not the brain of the cell. It issues instructions, but doesn't do very much of the actual work :) These proteins help each cell do its job. Each gene makes one protein, and only one protein.
What is DNA for kids article
Inherited Traits-23 and Me article and video
What is DNA?
What is a gene?
What is a gene kids health for teens
Genes vs DNA vs Chromosomes
What is a chromosome?
DNA infographics
Cool Hybrid Animals
Amazing Hybdrid Animals
Chromosome Count
Video, Why Can't Mules Have Babies? MinuteEarth
For Inherited Traits:
Flying Squirrel image
Saguaro Cactus image
For Instincts (a type of inherited trait)
Crying Baby image
Growling dog image
For Learned Behaviors:
Dog Riding a Bike image
Kid shooting a basketball image
Polar Bears in dumpster image
Learned vs Inherited- what if they mated computer game