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L5.5 & 5.6 Definitions Flashcards

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Gene

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Gene: Gene is a unit of heredity that is located in a specific place on the chromosome(loci). Genes code for specific proteins and then give you the trait

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Heredity

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Heredity: Heredity is the passing of Genes from parents to offspring.

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Homologous

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Homologous: paired chromosomes (1 from mom, 1 from dad)

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Alleles

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Alleles: 2 variants of each gene

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Homozygous

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Homozygous: coding for the same trait

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Heterozygous

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Heterozygous: coding for different traits

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Locus/loci

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Locus/loci: the specific location of a gene on the chromosome

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Human genome

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Human genome: All of the human chromosomes and genes

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Human genome project

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Human genome project: The human genome has been mapped. As a result of the mapping of the human genome, during what is known as the human genome project (HGP) we now know there are approximately 20,500 human genes.

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Inheritable diseases

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Inheritable diseases: diseases associated with genes

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Phenotype

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Phenotype: what is seen/visible physically

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Genotype

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Genotype: we cannot see it physically

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Karyotype banding

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Karyotype banding: The genes appear layered on our chromosomes in a very specific way - like a road map.

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Acquired trait

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Acquired trait: what you learn after you are born

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Inherited trait

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Inherited trait: the trait that you get inherited from your parents

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Punnet square

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Punnet square: A punnet square illustrates how the parents alleles might combine in offspring.

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Ratio

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Ratio: A ratio compares, or shows the relationship between, two quantities

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Probability

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Probability: Probability is the likelihood, or chance, of a specific outcome in relation to the total number of specific outcomes.

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Percentage

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Percentage: a percentage is a ratio that compares a number to 100

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The punnet square has the ___, _______ and the ______

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The punnet square has the key, genotype and the phenotype

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