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Genetics unit 6
Question | Answer |
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Members of a chromosome pair | Homologous chromosomes |
The mixture of DNA and protein that makes up a chromosome | Chromatin |
The point at which sister chromatids are attached to each other | Centromere |
The process in which genes, or parts of DNA, are transferred from one organism to another | Genetic engineering |
The passing of traits from parents to offspring | Heredity |
A DNA molecule formed by combining pieces of DNA from more than one species | Recombinant DNA |
A group of genetically identical cells that usually contains identical recombinant DNA molecules | Clone |
A living thing whose DNA has been altered by addition or deletion of genes. | GMO genetically modified organisms |
The combination of a nitrogen base, sugar, and phosphate molecules that form a subunit of the DNA chain. | Nucleotide |
The mating of closely related individuals | Inbreeding |
A nucleic acid made up of nucleotides that contain ribose as the as the sugar rather than the deoxyribose found in DNA | RNA ribonucleic acid |
Small loops of DNA that exist in bacteria along with the typical long strands of chromosomal DNA | Plasmids |
The total genetic material of an organism | Genome |
The process in which DNA molecules make exact duplicates | Replication |
The weaker of two traits | Recessive trait |
Bred from same parents of the same variety | Purebred |
Contains genetic material into which DNA from an unrelated organism has been artificially introduced | Transgenic |