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life science

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Term
Definition
Trait   A quality or characteristic  
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Purebred   bred from parents of the same breed or variety.  
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Hybrid   the offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties.  
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Offspring   the product of the reproductive process of an animal. A child  
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Gene   is a locus or region of DNA that encodes a functional RNA  
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Alleles   is a variant form of a gene. Some genes have a variety of different forms.  
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Dominant   is one whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present.  
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Recessive   relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents.  
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Phenotype   is an individual's observable traits, such as height, eye color, and blood type  
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Genotype   is an individual's collection of genes. The term also can refer to the two alleles inherited for a particular gene.  
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Homozygous   Alternative forms of a given gene are called alleles, and they can be dominant or recessive.  
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Heterozygous   a gene locus when its cells contain two different alleles of a gene.  
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Codominance   is a relationship between two versions of a gene. Individuals receive one version of a gene, called an allele, from each parent.  
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Meiosis   is a type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in the parent cell by half and produces four gamete cells.  
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Haploid cells   A cell that is the result of meiosis and has half the number of chromosomes as the original cell.  
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Diploid cells   A cell that is the result of mitosis and has the same number of chromosomes as the original cell.  
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Mutations   is a permanent change of the nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism.  
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Insertion   the addition of DNA into a genetic sequence  
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Deletion   The smallest single base deletion mutations are believed occur by a single base flipping in the template DNA.  
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Substitution   a mutation that switches out DNA code  
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Sex linked gene   A gene located on a sex chromosome, usually the X  
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Carrier   when an allele carries a trait that can be passed onto a offspring  
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Sex chromosome   a chromosome involved with determining the sex of an organism typically one of two kinds.  
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Genetic disorder   is a genetic problem caused by one or more abnormalities in the genome.  
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Pedigree    
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Selective breeding    
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Inbreeding    
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Hybridization    
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Clone   an exact copy of an organism  
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Genetic Engineering    
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Gene therapy    
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Heredity   The passing of phenotypic traits from their parents.  
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