A. Genome Flashcards

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Chromatin

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Loose, and relaxed form of DNA (uncondensed)

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Genome

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Endowment of DNA

Gift

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Chromosome

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Tight, unrelaxed form of DNA (condensed)

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Histone

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Positive protein that condense DNA

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Nucleolus

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(RNA)

Only seen in a cell not dividing

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Somatic cells

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Body cells (not sex cells)

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Gametes

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Reproductive cells (sex cells)
1n=haploid
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Zygote

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Offspring that results from the fusion of sex cells

2n=diploid

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Homologous pairs

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Chromosomes that are in pairs.

Same size, same centromere position

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Diploid

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Having two sets of chromosomes - 2n

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Haploid

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Having one set of chromosomes- 1n

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Autosomes

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Chromosomes Common to both sexes

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Sex chromosomes

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Chromosomes that determine sex

X and Y

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Karyotype

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A display of every homologous chromosomes within a cell, organized according to size and shape

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Sister chromatids

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Identical copies of DNA in a duplicated chromosome

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Centromere

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The attachment point of sister chromatids

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Kinetochore

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A protein attached to the centromere to which kinetochore fibers attach

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The cell cycle

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Regular sequence of growth and division