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Flashcards by bubbles91210, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by bubbles91210
over 12 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| CHROMOSOME | CARRIES ALL THE GENETIC INFORMATION |
| NUCLEUS | PART OF THE CELL THAT CARRIES THE DNA |
| GENE | A PART OF THE CELL THAT CODES A PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTIC |
| DNA | CONTAINS GENETIC INFOMATION |
| ALLELE | ONE OF MANY FORMS OF A SINGLE GENE |
| GENOTYPE | THE CODE OF YOUR ALLELES |
| PHENOTYPE | THE CHARACTERISTIC YOU SHOW |
| HOMOZYGOUS | BOTH ARE THE SAME HH/hh |
| HETEROZYGOUS | DIFFERENT Hh |
| DOMINANT | THE ALLELE THAT WILL ALWAYS OVERRIDE AND WILL SHOW |
| RECESSIVE | THE LESS POWERFUL ALLELE, YOU NEED hh IN ORDER FOR IT TO SHOW |
| CYSTIC FIBROSIS | A RECESSIVE GENETIC DISORDER EFFECTS RESPIRATION, INFECTION, DIGESTION AND REPRODUCTION FROM FORMATION OF THICK MUCUS |
| HUNTINGDON'S DISEASE | DOMINANT GENETIC DISORDER WHICH AFFECTS NERVOUS SYSTEM. KICKS IT AT AROUND 30 WHICH IS GENERALLY AFTER REPRODUCTION AND PASSING ON THE GENE. |
| AMNIOCENTESIS | GENETIC TESTING WITH THE AMNIOTIC FLUID |
| CHORIONIC VILLUS SAMPLING | TESTING GENETICS WITH THE UMBILICAL CORD |
| PIGD PRE-IMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS | SELECTING THE EGG AND SPERM TO USE, CAN BE USED TO ELIMINATE CHANCE OF DISEASE |
| IVF | FERTILISATION HAPPENING IN A LAB THEN IMPLANTED IN THE MOTHER |
| ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION | NON-SEXUAL REPRODUCTION |
| CLONE | GENETICALLY INDENTICAL |
| STEM CELL | UNSPECIALISED CELL |
| EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS | TOTIPOTENT CAN TURN INTO ANYTHING KILLING BABIES UNETHICAL |
| UMBILICAL CORD STEM CELLS | PLURIPOTENT CAN TURN INTO SOME THINGS MINIMAL DAMAGE |
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