Genne Flashcards
Chromosone Theory of Heredity
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Sex chromosomes
a chromosome which determines the sex, of two kinds
autosome
any chromosome that is not a sex chromosne
X chromosone
a sex chromosone
Y Chromosone
a sex chromosne
Mutation
permanent change to a genetic sequence
Chromosonal mutation
A chromosome mutation causes changes in the structure or number of chromosomes in a cell
nondisjunction
abnormal distribution of chromosomes in the daughter nuclei due to failed splitting of homologous paird
point mutation
a mutation affecting a very small amount of nucleotiudes in a gene sequence
substitution
type of point mutation where a nucelotide is replaced with a different one resulting in an altered sequence during trranslation
insertion
Insertion of one or more nuceletides in a gene sequence
deletion
where part of a chromosome or gene sequence is deleted missing
frameshift mutation
genetic mutation where by insertion of deletion a sequence is changed the way its read
incomplete dominance
where one allele does not completely dominate the other and results in a new phenotype
codominance
on a heterozyugote resulting in offspring that’s phenotype is neither dominant nor recessive