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Genetics
Genetics quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Allele | an alternative form of a gene; any one of several mutational forms of a gene. |
| Carrier | an individual heterozygous for a single recessive gene. |
| Chromosome | A threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells |
| Cystic fibrosis | an autosomal recessive genetic condition of the exocrine glands |
| Dominant | alleles that determine the phenotype displayed in a heterozygote with another (recessive) allele. |
| Gene | set of instructions that decide what the organism is like, how it survives, and how it behaves in its environment located in chromosome |
| Genotype | genetic constitution of an organism. |
| Heterozygote | having two alleles that are different for a given gene. |
| Meiosis | Reduction cell division |
| Mitosis | Simple cell division |
| Mutation | sudden changes in gene |
| Nucleotide | A:T, T:A, C:G, G:C |
| Recessive | a gene that is phenotypically manifest in the homozygous state but is masked in the presence of a dominant allele. |
| Trait | any detectable phenotypic property of an organism. |