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What is the definition of a gene?
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A gene is a heritable factor that controls a specific characteristic
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What are Alleles?
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Is a variation of a gene that gives you a slightly different appearance of that characteristic
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What are chromosomes?
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A chromosome is an organized structure of DNA and protein found in cells
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What is the gene locus?
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The position of a gene on a chromosome.
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What is gene mutation?
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A change to the base sequence of a gene
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What is a chromatids?
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One of the two identical copies of DNA making up a duplicated chromosome
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Karyotype
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The number and appearance of the chromosomes in an organism
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