Vocab for Chapter 4
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| multiple alleles | Are three or more genes that code for a single trait.
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| sex chromosomes | Are one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in each body cell.
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| sex-liked genes | Are genes on the X and Y chromosomes.
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| carrier | Is a person who has one recessive allele for a trait and one dominant allele.
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| genetic disorder | Is an abnormal condition that a person inherits through genes or chromosomes.
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| pedigree | Is a chart or "family tree" that tracks which members of a family have a particular trait.
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| karyotype | Is a picture of all the chromosomes in a cell.
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| selective breeding | Is the process of selecting organisms with a desired traits to be parents of the next generation.
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| inbreeding | Is the technique that involves crossing two individuals that have similar characteristics.
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| hybridization | Is when breeders cross two genetically different individuals.
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| clone | Is an organism that has exactly the same genes as the organism form which it was produced from.
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| genetic engineering | Is the process when genes from one organism are transferred into the DNA of another organism.
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| gene therapy | This is the process that involves inserting copies of a gene directly into a person's cells.
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| genome | Is all the DNA in one cell of an organism.
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