im4tant genetic terms Flashcards
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An inherited factor (region of DNA) that helps determine a characteristic
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GENE
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One of two or more alternative forms of a gene
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Allele
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Specific place on a chromosome occupied by an allele
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locus
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Set of alleles possessed by an individual organism
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genotype
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the appearance or manifestation of a characteristics
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Phenotype or trait
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An individual organism possessing two different alleles at a locus
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HETEROZYGOTE
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An individual organism possessing two of the same alleles at a locus
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HOMOZYGOTE
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An attribute or feature possesed by an organism
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characteristic or character
