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Chapter 12.1 vocab

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sex chromosome   one of the pair of chromosomes 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   a trait that is determined by a gene found on one of the sex chromosomes, such as the X chromosome of the Y chromosome in humans  
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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  
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map unit   a frequency of crossing-over  
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germ-cell mutation   occur in and organism's gametes. they don't affect the organism itself but they pass 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. they cannot be inherited  
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lethal mutation   a gene or chromosomal mutation that influences the development of an organism in such a way that the organism cannot survive  
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deletion   the loss of a part of DNA from a chromosome  
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inversion   a reversal in the order of the genes, or of a chromosome segment, within a chromosome  
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translocation   the movement of a segment of DNA from one chromosome to another, which results in a change in the position of the segment: also the movement of soluble nutrients from one part of a plant to another  
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nondisjunction   the failure of homologous chromosomes to spate during meiosis I or the failure of sister chromatids to separate during mitosis or meiosis II  
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point mutation   a mutation in which only one nucleotide or nitrogenous base in a gene is changed  
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substitution   a mutation in which a nucleotide or codon in DNA is replaced with a different nucleotide  
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frameshift mutation   a mutation, such as the insertion or deletion of a nucleotide in a coding sequence, that results in the misreading of the code during translation because of a change in the reading frame  
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insertion mutation   when one or more nucleotides are added to a gene, which can also result in a frameshift mutation  
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