Ch.12 vocab
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| Sex chromosomes | contain genes that determine the sex of an individual
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| Autosome | any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome
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| Sex-linked trait | refers to a trait that is coded for by an allele on a sex chromosome
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| Linked gene | pairs of genes that tend to be inherited together
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| Chromosome map | a diagram of gene positions on a chromosome. shows the linear order of genes on a chromosome
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| MAP UNIT | frequency of crossing-over of 1 percent
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| Germ-cell mutation | occur in an organism's gametes. do not affect the organism itself, but they can be passed on to the offspring
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| Somatic-cell mutation | take place in an organism's body cells and can therefore affect the organism
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| LETHAL MUTATION | cause death, often before birth
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| Deletion | the loss of a part of DNA from a chromosome due to breakage
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| Inversion | a chromosomal segment breaks off, flips around backward, and reattaches
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| Translocation | a piece of one chromosome breaks off and reattaches to a nonhomologous chromosome
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| Nondisjunction | a chromosome fails to separate from its homologue during meiosis
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| Point mutation | is a change that occurs within a single gene or other segment of DNA on a chromosome
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| Substitution | one nucleotide replaces another
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| Frameshift mutation | making all amino acids downstream change
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| Insertion mutation | one or more nucleotides are added to a gene, which can also result in a frameshift mutation
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