Melanin Storyline Essential Terms
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| show | A person or animal having a congenital absence of pigment in the skin and hair and the eyes.
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| show | The collection of genes responsible for the various genetic traits of a given organism
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| show | The physical appearance or biochemical characteristic of an organism as a result of the interaction of its genotype and the environment.
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| show | Pertains to the one that determines the phenotype of an organism.
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| purebred | show 🗑
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| show | The offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds, varieties, species or genera through sexual reproduction
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| pedigree | show 🗑
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| allele | show 🗑
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| show | A square diagram that is used to predict the genotypes of a particular cross or breeding experiment.
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| monohybrid | show 🗑
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| show | Describes a mating experiment between two organisms that are identically hybrid for two traits
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| show | Illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights
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| show | The number, size, and shape of chromosomes in an organism
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| show | A double helix, a molecule that contains the instructions an organism needs to develop, live, and reproduce
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| show | A process of creating protein molecules
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| show | Refers to a cell or an organism that had two sets of chromosomes
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| show | A structure in all living cells that consists of a single molecule of DNA bonded to various proteins and that carries the genes determining heredity
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| show | Defined as the fundamental, physical, and functional unit of heredity since a gene is comprised of nucleotides that is phenotype of an organismresponsible for the physical and heritable characteristics or
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| Autosomal chromosome | show 🗑
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| show | A trait that is controlled by a gene or an allele located on the sex chromosome
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| Sex chromosomes | show 🗑
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| Female sex genotype | show 🗑
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| show | XY
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| show | A list of ordered genetic loci for a particular genome
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| show | A specific, fixed position on a chromosome where a particular gene or genetic marker is located
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| show | A specialized structure on the chromosome, appearing during cell division as the constricted central region where the two chromatids are held together and form an X shape
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| show | The process by which the information in a strand of DNA is copied into a new molecule of mRNA.
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| show | The process by which ribosomes in the cytoplasm or ER synthesize proteins after the process of transcription of DNA to RNA in the cells nucleus.
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| Cell organelle | show 🗑
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| show | A sphere-shaped structure within the cytoplasm of a cell that is composed of RNA and protein and is the site of protein synthesis.
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| show | A molecule that contains nitrogen and has the chemical properties of a base. Adenine (A) Guanine (G) Uracil (U) and Cytosine ©
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| show | A form of point mutation in a codon that codes for the same or different amino acid but without any functional change in the protein product
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| show | A genetic mutation caused by a number of nucleotides in a DNA sequence that is not divisible by three; insertion or deletion are two types
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| show | A mutation that exchanges one base for another.
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| show | The addition of one or more nucleotide base pairs into a DNA sequence
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| show | A mutation in which a part of a chromosome or a sequence of DNA is left out during a DNA replication
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| codon | show 🗑
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| show | A specific sequence of three consecutive nucleotides that is part of the genetic code and that specifies a particular amino acid in a protein or starts or stops protein synthesis
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| show | The process by which a protein structure assumes its functional shape or conformation
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| show | Any factor, abiotic or biotic, that influences living organisms
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| show | That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum between X-rays and visible light between 40 and 400 nanometer wavelengths
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| homeostasis | show 🗑
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| show | A living thing or any living component within an environment in which the action of the organism affects the life of another organism
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| show | Any phenomena which alters the behavior and fitness of living organisms within a given environment
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| show | Change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations
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| show | The preferential survival and reproduction or preferential elimination of individuals with certain genotypes, by means of natural or artificial controlling factors
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| show | The adjustment or changes in behavior, physiology, and structure of an organism to become more suited to an environment; the state reaches by the biological population undergoing adjustments or changes
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| population | show 🗑
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| chromatid | show 🗑
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| show | Refers to the identical copies formed by the DNA replication of a chromosome, with both copies joined together by a common centromere
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| show | Any cell of a living organism other than the reproductive cell
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