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Ch 1.1 Genetics

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Heredity   is the passing of traits to offspring from its parents or ancestor.  
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Cell   A cell is the smallest part of a living thing that can carry out all the processes of life - all life originates from previous life.  
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Cell membrane   A thin, flexible barrier around a cell that separates it from its surroundings; regulates what entrs and leaves the cell, thus giving the cell control over its processes.  
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Cytoplasm   it contains the cell contents and the organelles and is gel-like.  
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Nucleus   the centre of the cell that contains the genetic material of cell and separated from the remainder of the cell by a nuclear membrane  
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Prokaryotic cell   this type of cell is more primitive and does not contain a nucleus so its genetic material floats freely in the cytoplasm eg bacteria  
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Eukaryotic cell   composes all complex living things, it must contain a nucleus (with the genetic material of the cell segmented from the remainder of the cell by a nuclear membrane)  
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DNA   deoxyribonucleic acid - the double stranded helix that forms the basis of genes and chromosomes - determines the characteristics of organisms. The genetic blue-print.  
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Nucleotides   the basic units of DNA - contains a phosphate group, deoxyribose sugar and one of four Nitrogen rich bases.  
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Phosphate groups   bind with the deoxyribose sugars to form the spine of the DNA moleclule  
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Deoxyribose sugar   binds with one of the four Nitrogen rich bases (side-ways) and to the phosphate groups (along the double helix)  
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Nitrogen rich bases   adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G) and cytosine (C)  
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Complementary base pairing   adenine (A) can only bond with thymine (T), and guanine (G) can only bond with cytosine (C). A-T and G-C (Always Teach Good Classes)  
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Chromosomes   long thread-like structures composed of DNA and found only in the nucleus of the cell - 23 pairs are found in most cells of the body - the only exceptions are egg cells, sperm and red blood cells.  
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Genes   sections of a chromosome that code for particular proteins that lead to specific characteristics eg blue eyes or dark hair. It usually takes multiple genes to code for any given characteristic - so this is quite complex.  
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Replication   the process that copies both strands of exposed DNA resulting in two identical strands.  
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