B1 - You & Your Genes - Keywords

Question	Answer
Alleles	Two versions of the same gene
Structural Proteins	Control skin, hair, blood and cytoplasm
Genotype	All of the genes a organism has
Phenotype	Characteristics that an organism displays
Homozygous	Two alleles the same for that gene
Hetrozygous	Two alleles different for that gene
Asexually	Reproducing without sexual reproduction
Clones	Genetically identical organisms - same genes, same alleles
Embryonic Stem Cells	- Unspecialised cells found in early embryos - Stem Cells removed from embryo and destroyed - Could turn to any cell at all
Adult Stem Cells	- Unspecialised cells found in adult animals - Could maintain or repair old and damaged tissues - Can specialise into many cell types - Stem cells can be safely removed from adult without embryos being destroyed e.g. bone marrow

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