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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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What are genes importance?

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Personality and intelligence, affects diseases, influences lives

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Why are genes important to society?

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Agriculture,GECS, Biotech and medicine, diagnostic tests, gene therapy

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Why are genes important to biology?

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Evolution, developmental, and Taxonomy/ecology.

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What is a genome?

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Genetic instructions, Encoded in nucleic acids (DNA/RNA)

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Divisions of genetics

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Transmission genetics, molecular, and population genes

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What is a model organism?

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organisms with
characteristics useful for genetic analysis

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Characteristics of Model Organisms

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Short generation time

  • numerous progeny
  • The ability to carry out controlled genetic crosses
  • The ability to be reared in a laboratory environment
  • The availability of numerous genetic variants
  • An accumulated body of knowledge about their
    genetic systems
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