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AP Bio Chapter 15

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Chromosome Theory of inheritanc   Mendelian genes have specific loci on chromosomes and it is the chromosomes that undergo segregation and independent assortment  
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sex-linked genes   genes located on sex chromosomes  
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linked genes   genes that are located on the same chromosomes  
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wild type   an individual with the normal phenotype  
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mutant phenotypes   traits that are alternatives to the wild type due to a change in a wild type allele  
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genetic recombinantion   the general term for the production of offspring that combine traits of the two parents  
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parental types   offspring that shows traits neither parent shows  
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recombinants   an offspring whose phenotype differs from that of the parents  
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genetic map   an ordered list of genetic loci along a chromosome  
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linkage map   a genetic map based on the frequencies of recombination between markers during crossing over of homologous chromosomes. The greater the frequency of the recombination between the two genetic markers, the farther apart they are assumed to be  
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cytological maps   locate genes with respect to chromosomal features such as stained bands, that can be seen under a microscope  
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy   affects 1:3500 males, rarely live past 20's, progressive weakening of muscles and loss of coordination  
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hemophilia   a sex-linked recessive trait defined by the absence of a certain protein required for blood clotting  
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barr body   a dense object lying along the inside of the nuclear envelope in female mammalian cells, representing an inactivated X chromosome  
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nondisjunction   an accident of meiosis or mitosis, in which both members of a pair of homologous chromosomes chromosomes or both sister chromotids fail to move apart properly  
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aneuploidy   a chromosomal aberration in which certain chromosomes are present in extra copies or deficient in number  
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trisomic   when an aneuploidy cell has an extra chromosome  
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monosomic   when a aneuploidy cell is missing a chromosome  
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polyploidy   a chromosomal alteration in which the organism posses more than two complete chromosome sets  
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deletion   1) a deficiency in a chromosome resulting from the loss of a fragment through breakage2) A mutational loss of a nucleotide from a gene  
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duplication   an aberration in chromosome structure resulting from an error in meiosis or mutagens; duplication of a portion of a chromosome resulting from fusion with a fragment from a homologous chromosome  
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inversion   an aberration in chromosome structure resulting from an error in meiosis from mutagens; reattatchment in a reverse orientation of a chromosomal fragment to the chromosome from which the fragment originated  
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translocation   an aberration in chromosomal structure resulting from an error in meiosis or from mutagens; attatchment of a chromosomal fragment to a nonhomologous chromosome  
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down syndrome   a human genetic disease resulting from having an extra chromosome 21, characterized by mental retardation and heart and respiratory defects  
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genomic imprinting   the parental effect of gene expression. Identical allels may have different affects on offspring, depending on whether they arrive in the zygote via the ovum or via the sperm  
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fragile x syndrome   a heredity mental disorder, partially explained by genetic imprinting and the addition of nucleotides to a triplet near the end of an X chromosome  
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