Mendelian Genetics
Matching but not identical chromosomes (one maternal, one paternal)
What are homologous chromosomes?
some traits are neither dominant nor recessive and/or controlled by multiple genes
What is complex inheritance?
Any change in a DNA sequence
What is a mutation?
Any technology used to change the genetic makeup of living things
What is biotechnology?
one trait is stronger than another, overshadowing the other trait.
What is dominant?
The assortment of chromosomes for one trait does not affect the assortment of chromosomes for another trait.
What is the law of independent assortment?
Offspring phenotype is somewhere between the parent homozygotes phenotype
What is incomplete dominance?
Point mutation
What is when one nucleotide is swapped for another?
The first completed map of the entire human genome (2003)
What is the human genome project?
Hybrid
What is an animal that is a cross between two different species e.g. Liger, Tigon, Pizzley, Grolar
The actual alleles inherited
What is genotype?
Both phenotypes in offspring are fully and separately expressed.
What is codominance?
When pieces of non-homologous chromosomes swap pieces of information during crossing over?
Recombinant DNA
What is DNA that has artificially been edited to combine DNA from 2 or more sources?
Allele
What is a version of a gene?
A diagram that shows the probability of inheriting a trait from parents with certain genes.
What is a Punnett square?
Universal acceptor
What is AB+ blood type?
A shaded square on a pedigree chart
What is an affected male?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Carrier
Who is someone who has a recessive trait for a particular gene in their genome, however does not express it, but could pass it to offspring.
Flower color, height, pod shape, etc.
What are the traits Gregor Mendel tested on pea plants?
Epistasis
What is the phenomenon when one gene overshadows all of the others?
What is an indication of an autosomal Recessive disorder?
Using a plasmid and restriction enzymes to create genetic information that can be introduced into a human to produce a certain protein/hormone for the human.
What is bacterial transformation?
Agglutinogens
What are antigens found on red blood cells that determine blood type?