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1
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What is gene linkage

A

The tendency of DNA sequences that are close together on a chromosome to be inherited together

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Who tested the flies for gene linkage

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T H Morgan

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What did THMorgan test on gene linkage

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Flies

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4
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What are the two types of mutations

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Chromosomal and gene

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What is chromosomal mutation

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Change in the number or structure of chromosomes

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What is gene mutation

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Permanent alteration in DNA sequence

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What has change in the number or structure of chromosomes

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Chromosomal mutation

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What has permanent alteration to DNA sequence

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Gene mutation

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What are the five kinds of Chromosomal mutations

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Deletion 
Duplication
Inversion
Translocation 
Nondisjunction
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What are the types of gene mutation

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Point

Frame shift

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Duplication

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Cystic fibrosis

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Inversion

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Hemophilia a

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Deletion

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Some cancers, CMT

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Translocation

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Translocation Down’s syndrome

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Nondisjunction

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Down syndrome

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Cystic fibrosis

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Duplication

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Hemophilia a

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Inversion

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Some cancers, CMT

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Deletion

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Translocation Down’s syndrome

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Translocation

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Down’s syndrome

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Nondisjunction

21
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Def of polyploidy

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One too many chromosomes

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One too many chromosomes

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Polyploidy

23
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Def of points mutation

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Change in a single or a few neucleotide

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Change in a single or a few neucleotide

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Point mutation

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Frameshift mutation

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Number of nucleotides in a DNA sequence that is not divisible by three

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Number of nucleotides in a DNA sequence that is not divisible by three

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Frameshift mutation

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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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Increase of muscle and heart disease

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