CYTOGEN Flashcards
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Observable characteristics; physical features, behaviors, risk of getting disease.
Traits
Transmission of TRAITS and biological information between generations.
Heredity
Study of HOW TRAITS are TRANSMITTED
Genetics
Concerned with how the chromosomes relate to cell behavior, specifically during mitosis and meiosis.
Cytogenetics
Genetic material; the biochemical that forms GENES; made of SUGAR and PHOSPHATE backbone; has 4 NITROGENOUS base pairs.
DNA
The 4 nitrogenous base pairs:
Adenine - Thymine
Guanine - Cytosine
sections of DNA that contain instructions on how to make proteins; passed from parent to offspring.
Genes
Complete set of genetic instructions characteristic of an organism.
Genome
An alternate form of a gene.
Allele
A combination of an organism’s alleles; “What is present?”
Genotype
OBSERVABLE version of a trait; “What is seen?”
Phenotype
Aids in predicting the likelihood of certain offspring GENOTYPES and Phenotypes.
Punnett Square
Meaning of CRISPR
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
Tightly and continuously wound molecules of DNA and proteins; level of genetics; found during cell division; formed by two chromatids attached at the center by a centromere.
Chromosome
Level of genetics:
chromosome>DNA>gene>base pair
One of the two halves of a chromosome
Chromatid
Unwound DNA; only seen during INTERPHASE
Chromatin
Made of smaller structures called amino acids; built by cells using instructions found in genes.
Proteins
A sequence of three consecutive nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule that codes for a specific amino acid; e.g., UUU codes for phenylalanine.
Codon
Any change to a DNA’s nucleotide sequence; happens when DNA is copied.
Mutation
Having 2 sets of chromosomes in EACH CELL; chromosomes are arranged in HOMOLOGOUS PAIRS.
Diploid
Having 1 set of chromosomes
Haploid
Having the same alleles
Homozygous
Having different alleles
Heterozygous