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These are the basic terms used in Genetics and Inheritance

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Martin Lyon
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These are the basic terms used in Genetics and Inheritance

by Martin Lyon
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Cairns' technique uses this technology to measuring the length of DNA

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Failure of spindle fibres to separate chromatids during meiosis

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Type of mutation that leads to sickle cell anaemia

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These carry genes in a linear sequence that is shared by members of a species

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Organisms with one chromosome consisting of a circular DNA molecule

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Organisms with linear DNA molecules associated with histone proteins.

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Chromosomes which carry the same sequence of genes but not necessarily the same alleles of those genes

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Chromosomes that do not determine sex

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Image which shows the chromosomes of an organism in homologous pairs of decreasing length.

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This can be used to find and compare differences in the base sequence of a gene in two species

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A change in the base sequence of DNA

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Protein which helps package up DNA into chromosomes

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Genes which differ from each other by one or only a few bases

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Nuclei which have one chromosome of each pair.

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Nuclei which have pairs of homologous chromosomes

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The whole of the genetic information of an organism

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A specific position on a chromosome

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a heritable factor that consists of a length of DNA and influences a specific characteristic.

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