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DNA |
It's a chemical that forms the genetic code |
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What does DNA contain? |
All the information that makes up an organism and makes it work |
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Where is DNA found? |
DNA is found in chromosomes in the nucleus. |
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Double helix |
The spiral shape of the DNA |
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Gene |
A section of DNA that codes a particular protein |
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Base |
One of the four chemicals(cytosine, guanine, thymine and adenine) that provide the coding part of DNA |
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Genome |
The complete set of frenetic material an organism |
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Homozygous |
When two genes someone has for a particular characteristics are the same |
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Heterozygous |
When the two genes someone has for a particular characteristics are different |
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Genotype |
What gene types someone is carrying |
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Phenotype |
What visible characteristic someone's genes decide e.g eye colour |
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Dominant |
A gene for which you only need one copy for it to be expressed |
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Ressesive |
A gene for which you only need two copies for it to be expressed |
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Allele |
A alternative form of a gene |
