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Unit 2 Test: Vocab Flashcards

1
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The scientific study of heredity

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Genetics

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2
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A specific characteristic used to describe an organism

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Trait

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3
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The offspring of crosses between parents with different traits

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Hybrid

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4
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The different forms of a gene

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Allele

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5
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The separation of alleles during gamete formation

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Segregation

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6
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Physical characters or trait

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Phenotype

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7
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Genetic makeup of an organism

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Genetype

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8
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When one allele is not completely dominant over another

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Incomplete dominance

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9
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When both alleles contribute to the phenotype

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Codominance

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10
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When individual genes have more than two alleles

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Multiple alleles

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11
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Traits controlled by 2 or more genes

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Polygenic traits

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12
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process of reductive division where the number of chromosomes are cut in half

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Meisois

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13
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Unit containing a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base, makes up DNA

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Nucleotide

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14
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DNA and proteins packed together, which makes up eukaryotic chromosomes

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Chromatin

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15
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Duplication of DNA by copying

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Replication

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16
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Enzyme that joins nucleotides together and proofreads the DNA strand during replication

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DNA polymerase

17
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A type of RNA that is responsible for caring instructions (MRNA)

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Messenger RNA

18
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RNA that transfers each amino acid to its specific ribosome (tRNA)

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Transfer RNA

19
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Production of RNA by copying the nucletide sequence of DNA

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Transcription

20
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Specific base sequences where RNA polymerase binds during transcription

21
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Sequences of nucleotides that are NOT involved in coding proteins

22
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Sequences of nucleotides that are involved in coding proteins

23
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Process of producing proteins by attaching amino acids together

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Translation

24
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Set of photographs of chromosomes grouped in order of pairs

25
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Chromosomes that determine an organism’s sex

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Sex Chromosome

26
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Chromosomes that DO NOT determine an organism’s sex

27
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Chart that shows the relationships within a family, used to track genetic disorders and traits.

28
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Gene that is located on the X or Y chromosome

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Sex-linked gene

29
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Error in meiosis in which homologous chromosomes fail to seperate

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Nondisjunction

30
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Principle that states that adenine/thymine base pair and that guanine/cytosine base pair

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Chargaff’s rule

31
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Is the name of enzyme that unzips DNA during replication

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