quiz 8 Flashcards
homozygous recessive
both alleles are recessive
homozygous dominant
both alleles are dominant
heterozygous
alleles are different
both alleles are dominant =
dominant
both alleles are recessive =
recessive
one allele is dominant and the other is recessive=
dominant
synonymous change
changes in codons do not change amino acids
non-synonymous change
changes in codons do change the amino acid
A-G
synonymous
A-T
non synonymous
A-C
non synonymous
How does the length of somatic cells chromosome’s telomeres link to the overall process of aging
-chromosomes of somatic cells progressively shorten
-number of cell divisions is limited by the initial length of a cells telomere
-once chromosome are shortened to a threshold length, further divisions shut down
Why can siblings look different from each other?
recombination
