1.Basis of genetics Flashcards
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Heredity
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Property of living things to transfer morphology , development traits and function from parent to offspring.
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Diversity
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Ability for the offspring to have distinct features from parental forms.
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Heritability
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Heredity / Diversity ratio
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Gene
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unit of heredity or diversity.
It is the sequence of dna molecule giving information on synthesis of certain polypeptide.
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Genome
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Set of gene an individual receives from parents.
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Alleles
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one or two or more alternative form of a gene
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homozygote
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An individual with two of the same alleles at a locus
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Heterozygous
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An Individual with two different alleles at a locus
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Hemizygous
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An individual with only one allele at a locus.
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Phenotype
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The appearance of a trait or character.
