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20 Cards in this Set
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linked genes
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When two traits of protein are located on the same chromosomes and the genes travel together.
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Law of independent assortment
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Genes assort independently of one another.
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Autosomes
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All chromosomes except sex chromosomes
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Sex-links traits
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anything connected to male,female.seperate
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Sex-limited traits
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Expressed in genders during puberty due to the presence of sex hormones.
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Sex influenced
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Expressed in both sexes to different degrees.
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Karyotypes
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Photographs of pictures of chromosomes
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Genome
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Base sequence of all of the DNA\Nucleotides of an organism.
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Nondisjunction
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Failure to chromosomes to separate during cell division.
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Monosomy
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Zygote,only gets one copy.
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Trisonomy
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A polysomy with three chromosomes.
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Polyploidy
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Organisms containing more than two sets of chromosomes.
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Chromosones
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Long continus thread of DNA that consist of numerous genes
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Genes
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A unity of heredity that is transferred from parent to offspring,and is held to determine the charactics of the offspring.
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Human genome
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The complete set of genetic information for humans.
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Nucleotides
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Organic molecules that serve as monomers.
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Double helix
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Describes the structure of DNA.The shape is similar to the offspring staircase
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Replication
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The process of duplicating or producing an exact copy of a polynuclotide strand such as DNA.
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Guarine
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paired with cytosine
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adenine
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paired with thymine
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