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genetics course comp

WGU course compass genetics

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Pleiotropy Occurs when a single gene affects more than one trait.
Polygenic traits Traits determined by more than one gene.
Prokaryotes Organisms whose cells lack a nucleus and organelles, including bacteria and archaea.
Eukaryotes Organisms whose cells have a nucleus and organelles, including protists, animals, plants, and fungi.
Meiosis A form of cell division in which one diploid cell divides into 4 haploid daughter cells.
Linked genes Genes that are often inherited together.
Codominance When the combination of two alleles in a heterozygote results in both traits being expressed.
Incomplete dominance When the combination of two alleles in a heterozygote produces an intermediate trait.
Alleles Versions of genes.
Heterozygotes Has two different alleles.
Homozygotes Has two identical alleles.
mRNA The RNA molecule made during transcription.
Translation Where the RNA molecule is used to assemble a protein.
Transcription During this process, DNA is used as a template for building a molecule of RNA.
Replication The process in which DNA is copied.
Haploid A cell with only one kind of chromosome, such as sperm and egg cells.
Diploid A cell with two of each kind of chromosome.
Chromosomes Packages of DNA
Phenotype Observable physical and biochemical characteristics, or traits.
Genotype Genetic makeup of an organism contained in its DNA.
Gene A section of DNA that contains instructions for making a protein.
Mutations Occurs when the sequence of nucleotides in an organism's DNA is changed.
Recombination The production of new combinations of genes different from those found in the parental chromosomes.
Mitosis A form of cell division in which one parent cell divides into two daughter cells, each of which contains the same genetic information as the parent cell.
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