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GENETIC VARIATION
VARIATION OF GEENTIC INFO IN A GENE POOL
GENOME
ALL GENETIC INFO IN AN ORGANISM/CELL
GENOMIC SEQUENCING
TECHNIQUE USED 2 GIVE BASE SEQUENCE OF DNA OF PARTICULAR ORGANISM
GENOTYPE
ALLELES PRESENT IN CELLS OF INDIVIDUAL, FOR A PARTICULAR TRAIT.
GERM LINE GENE THERAPY
PLACE GENE IN2 EMBRYONIC CELLS.
HABITAT
PLACE WHERE ORGANISM/ORGANISM POP. LIVES
HAPLOID
EUKARYOTIC CELL/ORGANISM HAS ONLY ONE SET OF CHROMOSOMES (n)
HARDY-WEINBERG PRINCIPLE
IDEA THAT BOTH GENOTYPE FREQUENIES & GENE FREQUENCIES STAY CONSTANT FROM GENERATION 2 GENERATION IN A LARGE INTERBREEDING POP WHERE: RANDOM MATING, NO MUTATION, NO SELECTION OR NO MIGRATION.
HAYFLICK CONSTANT
NO. OF TIMES NORMAL BODY CELL DIVIDES B4 UNDERGOING APOPTOSIS.
HEMIZYGOUS
CELL OR INDIVIDUAL HAS ONLY ONE ALLELE 4 PARTICULAR GENE.
HOMEOBOX GENES
GENES CONTROL BODY PLAN DEVELOPMENT OF AN ORGANISM
HETEROZYGOUS
EUKARYOTIC CELL/ORGANISM THAT HAS 2 DIFF ALLELES 4 A SPECIFIC GENE.
HOMOZYGOUS
EUKARYOTIC CELL/ORGANISM HAS 2 IDENTICAL ALLELES 4 SPECIFIC GENE.
HORMONE
MOLECULE RELEASED IN2 BLOOD ACTS AS A CHEMICAL MESSENGER
HYPOSTASIS
2 ALLELES INTERACT 2 CONTROL THE EXPRESSION OF ONE CHARACTERISTIC--> 1 IS EPISTATIC AND 1 IS HYPOSTATIC.
WHERE HOMOZYGOUS RECESSIVE ALLELE AT 1ST LOCUS (PLACE ON CHROMOSOME) PREVENTS THE EXPRESSION OF ANOTHER ALLELE ON 2ND LOCUS. ALLELE 1= EPISTATIC. ALLELE 2= HYPOSTATIC.
KANGAROO MOTHER CARE
METHOD OF HUMAN INFANT CARE W/ EXTENDED SKIN 2 SKIN CONTACT & BREASTFEEDING ON DEMAND
LINKAGE
GENES 4 DIFF CHARACTERISTICS PRESENT AT DIFF LOCI ON SAME CHROMOSOME
LOCUS
SPECIFIC POSITION ON CHROMOSOME OCUPPIED BY SPECIFIC GENE
MERISTEM
GROWTH POINTS ON PLANT WHERE IMMATURE CELLS ABLE 2 DIVIDE.
MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES
IDENTICAL ANTIBODIES--> PRODUCED BY CELLS CLONED FROM ONE ORIGINAL CELL
MONOGENIC
CHARACTERISTIC CODED FOR BY ONE GENE
MUTATION
STRUCTURAL CHANGE 2 GENETIC MATERIAL VIA CHANGING GENE OR CHROMOSOME
MUTUALISM
RELATIONSHIP WHERE BOTH ORGANISMS INVOLVE BENEFIT FROM IT.
NATURAL SELECTION
MECHANISM 4 EVOLUTION. ORGANISMS WELL ADAPTED 2 THEIR ENVIRONMENT MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE PASSING ON ALLELES 4 FAVOURABLE CHARACTERISTICS.
NICHE
SPECIES' ROLE IN ECOSYSTEM
OPERANT CONDITIONING
-TRIAL AND ERROR LEARNING
-LEARNING OCCURS IN ANINMALS GIVEN PUNISHMENT/REWARD 2 REINFORCE OPERATION
- SKINNER'S BOX--> RATS PRESSED LEVER TO RECEIVE REWARD OF FOOD PELLET TO REINFORCE PRESSING LEVER.
OPERON
UNIT OF GENES WORK TOGETHER CONTROLLED BY OPERATOR GENE. LAC OPERON EXAMPLE.
PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
SENSORY AND MOTOR NEURONES CONNECTING CNS 2 SENSORS/EFFECTORS ARND BODY
PHENOTYPE
OBSERVABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGANISM
POLYGENIC
CHARACTERISTICS CODED 4 BY MANY GENES E.G. HEIGHT, INTELLIGENCE,
1Y METABOLITES
- FORMED PART OF NORMAL GROWTH OF MICRO-ORGANISM