Chapter 1 Vocab Pt 2

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bioethics

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study that addresses societal concerns that new genetic technology may raise

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genome

Back 2

term for all of the DNA (coding and noncoding) in an individual

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nucleotide

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one piece- a phosphate, a deoxiribose sugar, and nitrogenous base

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proteomics

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study of how proteins are made in a cell

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relative risk

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term for an individual's risk of developing a genetic disease compared to other people in the population

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allele

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variants of a gene

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stem cells

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early cells that are not specilalized - considered totipotent

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genomics

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study that looks at many genes at the same time as they interact with other genes and the environment

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karyotype

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an organized picture of a person's chromosomes, sometimes used for diagnosis of chromosomal aberrations

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polymorphism

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term for a variant that is found in at least 1% of the population

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genotype

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the actual alleles present in an individual for a given trait

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pedigree

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a geneticist would use this term for a family tree that shows the relationship among family members

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species/population

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term for a group of interbreeding organisms

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evolution

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the study of the change in alleles in a population

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single nucleotide

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a variant that is due to a change in just one nucleotide

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phenotype

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the term that describes the actual expression of a trait

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multifactoral

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term for the situation in which the phenotype is due to the interaction of genes and the environment

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mendelian

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study of genetic traits that is based on the expression of single gene pairs

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gene therapy

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form of medical treatment in which a new gene is inserted to take the place of a missing or poorly working gene

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gene

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unit of heredity