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What is hybridazation?
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A selevtive breeding method in which two geneticaly differnt individualsare crossed.
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What is an aminocentesis?
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A tecnique by which a small amount of the fluid that surrounds a developing baby is removed. then you can see if the baby had a genetic disorder.
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What are multiple alleles?
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3 or more forms of a gene that code for a single trait.
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whats a carrier?
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A person who had one recessive allele for a trait and one dominant allele, but doen't have the trait.
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What is selective breeding?
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The process of selecting a few oraganisms with disired traits to serve as parents of the next generation.
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what is a genetic disorder?
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An abnormal condition that a person inherits through genes or chromosomes.
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what is a sex-linked gene?
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A gene that is carried on the X or Y chromosome.
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What is an karyotype?
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A picture of all the chromosomes in a cell arranged in pairs.
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what is genome?
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All of the Dna in one cell of an organism.
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what is a clone?
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An organism that is geneticly identical to the organism from which it was produced.
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What is genetic enginering?
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The transfer of a gene from the DNA from one organsim into anouther organism, in order to produce an organism with disierd traits.
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what is gene therapy?
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the insetion of working copies of a gene into the cells of a person with a genetic disorder in an attempt to correct the disorder.
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Whats a pedigree?
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a chart or family tree that tracks which members of a family have a particular trait.
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what is gene therapy?
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the insetion of working copies of a gene into the cells of a person with a genetic disorder in an attempt to correct the disorder.
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what is in breeding?
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A selective breeding method in which two individuals with simular sets of alleles are crossed.
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