genetics

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genetics

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scientific study of heredity (what makes each species unique)

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heridity

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what makes each species unique

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inheritance

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how principals are passed on from one person to another

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dominant

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the more powerful gene

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reccessive

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genes which are passed through genaration

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allele

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the thing you have that produces a trait

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mitosis

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the process in which the parent cell splits into two daughter cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell

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DNA

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deoxyribonucleic acid

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nucleotides

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the four components of DNA (T, A, C, G)

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deoxyribose

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a sugar derived from ribose

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adenine

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one of the nucleotides (A)

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thymine

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one of the nucleotides (T)

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guanine

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one of the nucleotides (G)

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cytosine

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one of the nucleotides (C)

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base pairing

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the rule of two nucleotides matching together (A-T) (C-G)

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Chargaff’s rule

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DNA of any cell should have a 1:1 ratio

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nucleic acids

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an organic substance in living cells

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nitrogenous base

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a molecule that contains nitrogen and is in the shape of a base

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double helix

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shape of the DNA (twisty ladder)

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complementary base pairing

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A - T & C - G

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triplet

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the code of the DNA (depends on nucleotides order)

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amino acid

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a compound containing carboxyl and amino

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ribose

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sugar of pentose class and is in RNA

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uracil

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a compound found in living tissue inside RNA

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codon

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a sequence which forms the code for DNA or RNA

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messenger RNA (mRNA)

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the form of RNA which is taken from DNA as a sequence of bases is moved to a robisome

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transcription.

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when DNA is copied into RNA

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translated

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when RNA is decoded to produce the codon(sequence of acids)

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transfer RNA (tRNA)

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RNA which contains folded molecules which transport amino acids from the cytoplasm of a cell to a ribsome

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locus

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position of the gene on a chromosone

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link

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genes on the same chromosomes

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genome

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total set of genes in an individual

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genomics

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study of genomes

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genome maps

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order of genes and spacing between them on chromosomes

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epigenetics

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study of changes in organisms caused by modifying the gene expression rather than the alteration of the gene code itself

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gene sequencing

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finding the order of the nucleotides along the gene