Genetics Vocabulary
A review of basic genetics vocabulary terms
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- What is an allele that is not expressed in a mixed pair? ( it is only expressed when two copies of the allele are present in an organism's genotype)
- What is a collection of all of an organism's genetic information that codes for a trait?
- What is any of the alternative (different) forms of a gene that occurs at a specific place on a chromosome?
- What is the specific region (segment) of DNA that codes for a particular protein or trait?
- What is an allele that is always expressed, even when two different alleles are present in an organism's genotype?
- What is the collection of all of an organism's physical characteristics?
- What is the characteristic of having two of the same (identical) alleles at the same locus of sister chromatids?
- What is the characteristic of having two different alleles (forms) that appear at the same locus of sister chromatids?
- What is another term for homozygous?
- What is another term for heterozygous?
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