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| Three differences genetics are responsible for |
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| Species, breeds and lines and races, and individuals (partially). |
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| Three divisions of genetics and their definitions |
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Transmission (Classical) Genetics: encompasses basic principles of heredity or genetics and how those traits are passed on.
Molecular Genetics: Study of the chemical nature of genetics information and how it is encoded, replicated, and expressed. Includes cellular processes of replication, transcription, and translation.
Population (Evolutionary) Genetics: Study of genetic composition of populations (groups of members of the same species) and how population's collective group of genes changes with the passage of time. |
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| Complete set of genetic instructions for any organism. |
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| Organisms having characteristics that make them useful for genetic analysis and about which we know a lot of genetic info. about them. |
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| What are aspects of model genetic organisms? |
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| Short generation time, manageable numbers of progeny, adaptibility to laboratory environment, ability to be housed and propagated inexpensively. |
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| Early concept of heredity; particles carry genetic info. from different parts of body to reproductive organs. |
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| Inheritance of acquired characteristics |
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| Traits acquired in one's lifetime become incorporated into one's hereditary information and are passed on to offspring. |
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| Inside egg or sperm exists tiny miniature adult (tiny adult called homunculous) which enlarges during development. |
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| Offspring are blend or mixture of parental traits. |
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| Proposed by Schleiden and Schwann; All life is composed of cells, cells arise only form preexisting cells, and cell is fundamental unit of structure and function in living organisims. |
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| Proposed by Weismann; cells in the reproductive organs carry a complex set of genetic information that is passed to the egg and sperm. |
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| fundamental unit of heredty, a unit of information that determines an inherited characteristic. |
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| a structure consisting of DNA and associated proteins that carries a linear array of genes. |
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| deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule that encodes genetic information in the form of ACGT. |
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| ribonucleic acid; encodes genetic information through the sequence of bases A, C, G, and U. |
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| the genetic information that an individual possesses that determines a trait. |
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| trait expressed by an individual. |
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| heritable alteration in the genotype of the individual, brought about by permanent alteration in the DNA. |
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| genetic change in a species or population. |
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