Genetics Flashcards

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Trait

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A characteristic or feature of an individual organism

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Variation

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Differences within a trait

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Protein

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A complex organic Macromolecule that is made up of amino acids

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Amino Acid

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The building blocks of proteins

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Pedigree

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An organized representation of biological relationship (grandparent-parent-child)

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Phenotype

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The way an organism looks/how it expresses a particular trait

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Genotype

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The combination of alleles that an organism has for a particular trait

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Nucleus

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The organelle in a cell that contains all the Chromosomes and therefore directs all cell activities; “brain of the cell”

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Chromosome

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A tightly wound up piece of DNA that has genes on it; humans have 23 pairs

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Gene

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A recipe on how to build a protein