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Genetic Counseling Vocabulary
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Biology
9th Grade
01/28/2010

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Allele
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One member of a pair (or any of the series) of genes occupying a specific spot on a chromosome (called locus) that controls the same trait.
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Gene
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a segment of DNA that is located in a chromosome and that codes for a specific heritary trait
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Trait
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Reccesive
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describes a trait or an allele that is expressed only when two recessive alleles for the same characteristics
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Enzyme
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a type of protein that speeds up metabolic reactions in plant and animals without being permantely changed or destroyed
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X-linked (sex-linked)

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Codon/anticodon

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Amino acids

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any one of 20 different organic molecules that contain a carboxyl and an amino group and that combine to form proteins
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The process of forming a nucleic acid by using another molecule as a template; particulary the process of synthesizing RNA by using one srand
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