Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes the number of chromosomes in diploid eukaryotic cells?
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2. Mendel's Laws of Inheritance
Inheritance in Diploids and Haploids
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In the context of genetic inheritance, what is a specialized class that inherits characteristics from a more general class called?
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Genotype
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Allele
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Subclass
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Supertype
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Understand the concept of inheritance in genetics, which often uses analogies from object-oriented programming to describe relationships between classes or categories.
Identify that a 'more general class' refers to a broad category that contains common characteristics shared by its members.
Recognize that a 'specialized class' is a more specific category that inherits or derives characteristics from the more general class but also has unique features.
Recall the terminology used in inheritance hierarchies: the general class is called a 'supertype' or 'parent class', while the specialized class is called a 'subclass' or 'child class'.
Conclude that the specialized class inheriting characteristics from a more general class is called a 'subclass'.
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