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STEELE
STEELE--GENETIC ENGINEERING CHPT 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| SELECTIVE BREEDING | PROCESS BY WHICH ANIMALS ARE BRED TO PRODUCE DESIRED TRAITS IN THE NEXT GENERATION. |
| HYBRID | OFFSPRING OF CROSSES BETWEEN PARENTS WITH DIFFERENT TRAITS |
| PEDIGREE | CHART THAT SHOWS RELATIONSHIP WITHIN A FAMILY |
| AUTOSOME | CHROMOSOMES THAT DO NOT DETERMINE SEX |
| RECESSIVE | A WEAK TRAIT |
| DNA | DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID FOUND IN NUCLEUS OF A CELL,FORMED FROM NUCLEOTIDES AND SHAPED LIKE A DOUBLE HELIX. ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF GENETIC INFORMATION |
| MEIOSIS | PROCESS OF REDUCTION DIVISION |
| GENE | FACTOR THAT DETERMINES TRAITS |
| GAMETE | SEX CELL |
| PROBABILITY | LIKELIHOOD THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN |
| KAROTYPE | PICTURE OF CHROMOSOMES ARRANGED IN PAIRS |
| SEX-LINKED GENE | GENE LOCATED ON THE X OR Y CHROMOSOME |
| MUTATION | A CHANGE IN GENETIC MATERIAL |
| DOMINANT | A STRONG TRAIT |
| REPLICATION | PROCESS IN WHICH DNA MAKES A COPY OF ITSELF |
| GENETICS | SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF HEREDITY |
| TRAIT | SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS |
| TRANSCRIPTION | COPYING A SEQUENCE OF DNA TO mRNA |
| ALLELE | FORM OF A GENE |
| HAPLOID | CONTAINING A SINGLE SET OF CHROMOSOMES |
| PUNNET SQUARE | DIAGRAM SHOWING POSSIBLE GENE COMBINATION |