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The process of selective a few organisms with desired traits to serve as parents the next generation | Selective Breeding |
A selective breeding method in which two individuals with identical or similar sets of alles are cossed | Inbreeding |
A slelective breeding method in which two genetically different individuals are cossed | Hybridization |
An organism that is genetically identical to the organism from which it was produced. | clone |
The transfer of a gene from the DNA of one organism into another organism, in order to produce an organism with desired traits | genetic engineering |
The insertion of working copies of a gene into the cells of a person with a genetic disorder in an attempt to correct the disorder. | gene therapy |
All of the DNA in one cell of an organism. | genome |
A gene that is carried on the X or Y chromosome. | sex-linked gene |
A pair of chromosomes carrying genes that determine whether a person is male or female. | sex chromosomes |
A person who has one recessive allele for a trait, but does not have the trait. | carrier |
Three or more forms of a gene that code for a single trait. | multiple alleles |
An abnormal condition that a person inherits through genes or chromosomes | genetic disorder |
A chart or “family tree” that tracks which members of a family have a particular trait. | pedigree |
A picture of all the chromosomes in a cell arranged in pairs. | karyotype |