From there the Missouri flows east and southeast, ultimately joining the Mississippi River about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of St. Louis, Missouri. The Missouri River flows through Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri.
Chromosome theory of inheritance. generalization that genes are located on chromosomes and that the behavior of chromosomes during meiosis and fertilization accounts for inheritance patterns, also states that mendelian genes have specific loci, chromosomes undergo segregation and independent assortment.
A gene is a region of DNA that encodes function. A chromosome consists of a long strand of DNA containing many genes. A human chromosome can have up to 500 million base pairs of DNA with thousands of genes. A gene is a locus (or region) of DNA which is made up of nucleotides and is the molecular unit of heredity. The transmission of genes to an organism's offspring is the basis of the inheritance of phenotypic traits. Most biological traits are under the influence of polygenes (many different genes) as well as the geneâenvironment interactions.