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14 Cards in this Set
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Multiple Alleles |
three or more forms of a gene that code for a single type |
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Sex Chromosomes |
one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes |
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Sex-Linked Genes |
alleles are passed from parent to child on sex chromosomes |
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Carrier |
a person who has one recessive and dominant allele for a trait |
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Genetic Disorder |
an abnormal condition that a person inherits through genes or chromosomes |
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Pedigree |
a chart that tracks which family members have a particular trait |
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Karyotype |
a picture of all the chromosomes in a cell |
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Selective Breeding |
the intentional mating of two animals in attempt to produce offspring with desirable characteristics or for the elimination of a trait |
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Inbreeding |
the mating of closely related individuals, as cousins, sire-daughter,brother-sister, or self-fertilized plants, which tends to increase the number of individuals that are homozygous for a trait and therefore increases the appearance of recessive traits.
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Hybridization |
breeders cross two genetically different individuals |
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Clone |
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
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Genetic Engineering |
the development and application of scientific methods, procedures, and technologies that permit direct manipulation of genetic material in order to alter the hereditary traits of a cell, organism, or population.
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Gene Therapy |
the application of genetic engineering to the transplantation of genes into human cells in order to cure a disease caused by a genetic defect, as a missing enzyme.
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Genome |
a full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable traits of an organism.
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