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Blueprint of Life
Question | Answer |
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Anatomy | The science of the structure of living organisms |
Artificial selection | Features of organisms selected by humans |
Axial | Between the leaf and the stem |
Biochemistry | The chemistry of living things |
Biogeography | The study of the distribution of living things |
Biotechnology | The use of organisms for the manufacture of useful/commercial products. |
Centromere | A constriction of a chromosome used for identification |
Chromatid | One of a pair of duplicated chromosomes |
Chromosome | Coiled structure found in the nucleus that contains DNA |
Codon | A group of three nucleotide bases |
Cross-pollination | Pollination between different plants of the same species |
Diploid | Cell containing two of each chromosome pair |
Dominant | One allele masking another recessive allele |
Embryology | The study of the developing embryo |
Endemic | Occurs in one particular geographical area |
Equilibrium | When gene frequencies (the number of times the gene occurs) are constant in a population |
Extinct | No longer existing |
Factors | A term used by early geneticists, now replaced with allele |
Gene pool | The total collection of all possible genes in a population |
Genetic engineering | The modification of genetic material |
Genetics | Relating to genes |