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DNA and Genetics

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    Review for DNA and Genetics Vocabulary
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  • It is a branch of biology that study about genes and heredity.
    Genetics
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  • He is considered as the "Father of Genetics"
    Gregor Mendel
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  • It is a fixed location on a strand of DNA where a gene or one of its alleles is located.
    Locus
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  • It has two genes that occupy the same position on homologous chromosomes and that cover the same trait.
    Alleles
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  • A unit of heredity, a section of DNA sequence and encoding a single protein.
    Gene
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  • It is the term used to describe the entire set of genes in an organism.
    Genome
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  • Other name for Sex cells or Reproductive cells.
    Gametes
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  • Type of cell division for reproductive cells.
    Meiosis
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  • It is the genetic makeup of an organisms. Represented by Letters
    Genotype
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  • It is the physical appearance of an organism.
    Phenotype
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  • A genetic cross involving a single pair of genes (only one trait)
    Monohybrid
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  • It is the symbol used for First filial generation
    F1
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  • It is the allele of a gene that masks or suppresses the expression of an alternate allele; the trait also appears in the heterozygous condition.
    Dominant
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  • An allele that is masked by a dominant allele; does not appear in the heterozygous condition, only in homozygous.
    Recessive
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  • A molecule that carries genetic information.
    DNA or Gene or Chromosome
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