Science Ch. 4
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- Three or more forms of a gene that code for a single trait.
- Multiple Alleles
- A gene that is carried on the X or Y chromosome.
- Sex-linked gene
- A person who has one dominant allele, but does not have the trait.
- Carrier
- A chart or family tree that tracks which members of a family have a particular trait.
- Pedigree
- An abnormal condition that a person inherits through genes or chromosomes.
- Genetic Disorder
- A technique by which a small amount of the fluid that surrounds a developeing baby is removed, the fluid is analyized to determine if the baby will have a genetic disorder
- Amneocentesis
- A pictre of all the chromosomes in a cell arranged in pairs.
- Karotype
- The process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as parents of the next generation.
- Selective Breeding
- A selective breeding in which two individuals with identical or similar sets of alleles are crossed.
- Inbreeding
- A selective breeding method in which two geneticly defferent individuals are crossed.
- Hybridization
- An organism that is geneticly identical from the organism from which it is produced.
- Clone
- The transfer of a gene from the DNA of one ofganism, in order to produce and organism with a desired trait.
- Genetic Engineering
- The insertion of working copies of a gene into the cells of a person with a genetic disorder in an attempt to correct the disorder
- Gene Therapy
- All of the DNA in one cell of an organism.
- Genome
- Some human traints show a large number of ____ because the traits are controlled bvy many genes.The genes act together as a group to produce a ____ ____
- Phenotypes and single trait