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molecules to organism
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
10/12/2011

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TURNER SYNDROME
Definition
XO STERILE FEMALES, WEBBED NECK, HANDS AND FEET.
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CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Definition
MUCUS BUILD UP INSIDE LUNGS RECESSIVE DISORDER
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TAY SACHS DISEASE
Definition
COMMON IN JEWS, BRAIN DETERIORATES. RECESSIVE
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HEMOPHILIA
Definition
SEX LINKED CHROMOSOME. PRESENT IN X SEX GENE WOMEN USUALLY ONLY CARRY NOT AFFECTED.
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KLINEFELTER'S SYNDROME
Definition
STERILE MALES XXY
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XYY NONDISJUNCTION
Definition
NORMAL MALES, TEND TO BE TALLER, ACNE.
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OY NONDISJUNCTION
Definition
NONVIABLE
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XXX NONDISJUNCTION
Definition
METAFEMALES, TALL, LIMITED FERTILITY.
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TRISOMY 21
Definition
DOWN SYN. CAN BE CAUSED BY MOTHER'S AGE.
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TRISOMY 18
Definition
LIKELY TO BE FATAL. CLENCHED HANDS AND FEET.
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MONOSOMICS
Definition
HAVING ONE LESS THAN THE DIPLOID NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES.
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TRISONOMICS
Definition
HAVING ONE MORE THAN THE DIPLOID NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES.
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SEX LINKED GENES
Definition
GENES THAT ARE CARRIED BY THE SEX CHROMOSOME.
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STEP 1 GEN ENG EXP
Definition
CLEAVING DNA: CUTTING DNA TO CARRY INTO HOST CELL.
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STEP 2 GEN ENG EXP
Definition
PRODUCING RECOMBINANT DNA. CUT DNA IS PUT INTO VECTOR FOR HOST CELLS. VECTORS CAN BE VIRUSES.
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STEP 3 GEN ENG EXP
Definition
CLONING: REPLICATING THE RECOMBINANT DNA IN HOST CELLS.
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STEP 4 GEN ENG EXP
Definition
SCREENING: IDENTIFYING WHICH HOST CELL HAS THE FRAGMENT OF DNA THAT CONTAIN GENE OF INTEREST.
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ALLELES
Definition
VARIOUS FORMS OF A GENE. >2
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CHARACTER
Definition
A HERITABLE FEATURE.
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TRAIT
Definition
VARIOUS FORMS OF CHARACTER.
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TEST CROSS
Definition
CROSS BETWEEN HOMOZYGOUS AND HETEROZYGOUS TO DETERMINE IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS HETERO OR HOMO FOR A TRAIT. IF PRODUCES RECESSIVE. ITS HETERO
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LAW OF SEGREGATION
Definition
COPIES OF HEREDITY FACTOR SEPARATE SO THAT OFFSPRING RECEIVES ONE FROM EACH PARENT.
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LAW OF INDEPENDENT
Definition
EVERY UNIT FACTOR ASSORTS INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT AFFECTING EACH OTHER.
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EPISTASIS
Definition
WHEN ONE GENE AFFECTS OTHER GENES BY BEING PRESENT OR NOT? SUCH AS BALDING. IT IS CARRIED ON THE Y CHROMOSOME. FEMALES ARE RECESSIVE TO IT, MEN DOMINANT.
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CODOMINANCE
Definition
BOTH DOMINANT GENES ARE REPRESENT. RED AND WHITE FLOWER.
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INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE
Definition
COMBINATION OF BOTH DOMINANT ALLELES. PINK FLOWER.
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PLEIOTROPY
Definition
ONE GENE THAT HAS MULTIPLE EFFECTS OR CONTROLS MANY OUTCOMES.
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MULTIPLE ALLELES.
Definition
MANY GENES CONTROL ONE OUTCOME SUCH AS SKIN COLOR. COLOR IS DETERMINED ON MANY GENES.
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CONTINUOUS VARIATION
Definition
THE VARIATION OF A CHARACTER, SUCH AS HEIGHT. SOME PEOPLE ARE SHORT OTHERS TALL.
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SCREENING CANCER
Definition
PAP SMEAR, SELF TEST, MAMMOGRAM, RECTAL DIGITAL EXAM, X RAY, PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN.
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CONFIRMING CANCER
Definition
BIOPSY, CAT SCAN, MRI, RADIOGRAPHY, ULTRASOUND.
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TREATING CANCER
Definition
CHEMOTHERAPY, RADIATION THERAPY, SURGERY, GENE THERAPY, ULTRASOUND TO HELP TRACK.
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C
Definition
CHANGE IN BOWEL MOVEMENT OR URINE PATTERN.
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A
Definition
A SORE THAT WON'T HEAL.
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U
Definition
UNUSUAL BLEEDING OR DISCHARGE.
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T
Definition
THICKENING OF MUSCLES.
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I
Definition
INDIGESTION OR TROUBLE SWALLOWING.
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O
Definition
OBVIOUS CHANGE IN MOLE.
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N
Definition
NAGGING COUGH.
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