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KEY TERMS YOU SHOULD KNOW IN GENETICS

 ALLELE – EITHER OF A PAIR/SERIES OF ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF


A GENE THAT CAN OCCUPY THE SAME LOCUS ON A
CHROMOSOME AND CONTROLS THE SAME CHARACTER.

 CHROMOSOMES- A THREAD-LIKE STRAND OF DNA IN THE


CELL’S NUCLEUS THAT CARRIES THE GENE IN A LINEAR ORDER.

 GENE- A SEGMENT OF DNA THAT IS INVOLVED IN PRODUCING A


POLYPEPTIDE CHAIN.

 HOMOZYGOUS DOMINANT- HAVING IDENTICAL ALLELES


AT CORRESPONDING CHROMOZOMAL LOCI.

 HETEROZYGOUS – HAVING DISSIMILAR ALLELES THAT AT


CORRESPONDING CHROMOSOMAL LOCI.

 DOMINANT - GREATER INFLUENCE BY ONE OF A PAIR OF GENES


(ALLELES) THAT AFFECT THE SAME INHERITED CHARACTER

 RECCESSIVE – AN ALLELE THAT PRODUCES ITS


CHARACTERISTIC PHENOTYPE ONLY WHEN ITS PAIRED AND
IDENTICAL.

 MEIOSIS - DIVISION OF SEX CELLS (EGGS & SPERMS).

 MITOSIS - DIVISION OF BODY CELLS.


 HAPLOID – (GENETICS) AN ORGANISM OR CELL HAVING ONLY
ONE COMPLETE SET OF CHROMOSOMES; HALVED.

 DIPLOID – (GENETICS) AN ORGANISM OR CELL HAVING THE


NORMAL AMOUNT OF DNA PER CELL; IE, TWO SETS OF
CHROMOSOMES OR TWICE THE HAPLOID NUMBER.(DOUBLE).

 LOCUS- A LOCUS (PLURAL LOCI) IN GENETICS IS A FIXED


POSITION ON A CHROMOSOME, LIKE THE POSITION OF A GENE OR
A MARKER (GENETIC MARKER).

 DNA- DEOXYRIBONUCLEI ACID

 RNA- RIBONUCLEI ACID

 PHENOTYPE- REFERS TO THE ACTUAL VISIBLE PHYSICAL


CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ORGANISM’S BODY.

 GENOTYPE- THE SET OF GENES POSSESSED BY AN


ORGANISM,THAT IS THE GENETIC MAKEUP.

 ZYGOTE- A FERTILIZED EGG

 CUPULATION- WHEN TWO PERSONS HAVE SEXUAL


INTERCOURE.

 MUTATION – SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE GENETIC MAKE UP OF


AN ORGANISM.
DNA STRAND OF CODES

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