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