Biology Vocab Cards
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- translocation
- a portion of one chromosome attaches to a different chromosome
- Plasma
- made from B cells
- induced mutation
- permanent mutation caused by outside agents
- inversion
- segment breaks off and reinsert itself the opposite orientation
- frame shift mutation
- single base is inserted or deleted, shifting the code
- phenotype
- physical appearance of an organism
- cytokines
- proteins release by t cells, bind to alter the behavior of their target cells
- Kinetic Energy
- Energy of movement
- conditional mutants
- some mutations exert their effects only under certain restrictive conditions
- ecdysozoans
- wormlike bodies, thick flexible exoskeletons aka cuticles, worms