Modern Genetics
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- 3 or more forms of a gene that code for a single trait
- multiple alleles
- one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in each body cell
- sex chromosome
- genes on the x and y chromosomes
- sex-linked gene
- person who has one recessive allele for a trait and one dominant
- carrier
- an abnormal condition that a person inherits through genes or chromosomes
- genetic disorder
- a chart or "family tree" that tracks which members of a family have a particular trait
- pedigree
- a picture of all the chromosomes in a cell
- karyotype
- the process of selecting organisms with desired traits to be parents of the next generation
- selective breeding
- crossing 2 individuals with similar characteristics
- inbreeding
- crossing tow genetically different individuals
- hybridization
- organism that has exactly the same genes as the organism from which it was produced
- clone
- genes are transferred from one organism to the DNA of another
- genetic engineering
- gene therapy
- inserting copies of a gene directly into a person's cells
- all the DNA in one cell of an organism
- genome
- an organism that has exactly the same genes as the organism from which it was produced
- clone