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Term | Definition |
Allele | one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome. |
Dominate trait | Dominance in genetics is a relationship between alleles of a single gene, in which one allele masks the phenotypic expression of another allele at the same gene locus. |
Recessive trait | in genetics, a recessive gene is an allele that causes a phenotype that is only seen in a homozygous genotype and never in a heterozygous genotype. |
homozygous | having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci |
heterozygous | having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci |
genotype | the genetic constitution of an individual organism. |
phenotype | the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment. |
cloning | create an exact copy of something |
nuclear division | a process of cloning in order to make the actual clone |
reproductive cloning | making a full living copy of an organism |
therapeutic cloning | nuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be derived for transplant |
embryo | an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life |
genome | he ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism |
reproduction | the act of making copies |
genetics | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms |
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