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Term
Karyotype vs. Pedigree Analysis
Definition
-Ordered display of magnified images of an individual chromosomes arranged in paris.

-A family genetic tree representing the occurrence of heritable traits in parents and offspring across a number of generations.
Term

Syndromes: 

Down, Turner, Klinefelter 

Definition

-genetic condition in which a person has 47 chromosomes instead of the usual 46.


-genetic condition in which a female does not have the usual pair of two X chromosomes. 


-presence of an extra X chromosome in a male. 

Term
Nondisjunction
Definition
An accident of meiosis or mitosis in which a pair of homologous chromosomes or a pair of sister chromatids fail to seperate at anaphase.
Term
Deletion vs. Duplication vs. Inversion vs. Translocation
Definition

-The loss of one or more nucleotides from a gene by mutalation; the loss of a fragment of a chromosomes.

 

- Reptition of part of a chromosome resulting from fusion with a fragment from a homologous chromosome; can result from an error in meiosis or from mutagenesis. 

 

-A change in the chromosome resulting from a reattachment of a chromosome fragement to the orginal chromsome, but in a reverse direction. 

 

-1. During protein synethesis, the movement of tRNA molecule carrying a growing polypeptide chain from the A site to the P site on a ribosome. 

2. A change in chromosomes resulting from a chromosomal fragment attaching to a nonhomologous chromosome; can occur as a result of an error in meiosis or from mutagensis. 

Term
Carrier
Definition
An individual who is heterozygous for a recessively inherited disorder and who therefore does not show symptoms of that disorder but who may pass on the recessive allele to offspring. 
Term

Cystic Fibrosis vs. Achondroplasisa vs. Huntington's vs. Alzheimer's Diesease 

 

Definition

- A disease that occurs in people with two copies of a certian recessive allele. 

 

-Human dwarfism 

 

- Uncontrollable body movements, caused by a single dominant allele.

 

-Confusion, memory loss and other symptoms.

 

Term
Heredity vs. Genetics
Definition

- The transmission of traits from one generation to the next. 

 

-The scientific study of heredity. 

Term
Blending vs. Particulate Theory 
Definition

- Mixing?

 

- Traits that inherited like particles=genes. 

Term
Self-Fertilization vs. Cross-Fertilization
Definition

-A form of reproduction that involves fusion of sperm and egg produced by the same individual organism. 

 

-The fusion of sperm and egg derived from two different individuals. 

Term
Pure-Breeding Strain vs. Hybrid
Definition

- Crosses between identical homozygotes.

 

- An offspring of parents of two different species or of two different vareities of one species.  

Term
"P" vs "F1" vs "F2" Generations 
Definition

-Parents

 

-Offspring

 

-Next offspring

Term
Allele vs. Gene vs. Locus 
Definition

- An alternative version of a gene.

 

-Unit of hereditary information consisting of a specific nucleotide sequence in DNA.

 

-The particular site where a gene is found on a chromosome. 

Term
Dominant vs. Recessive 
Definition

- Allele that determines the phenotype. It shows up more in the offspring. 

 

-Allele that isn't as noticable in the offspring. 

Term
Homozygous vs. Heterozygous 
Definition

-Having two identical alleles for a given gene. 

 

-Having two different alleles for a given gene. 

Term
Punnett Sqaure
Definition
A diagram to show the results of random fertilization.
Term
Genotype vs. Phenotype
Definition

-The gentic makeup of an organism.

 

-The expressed traits of an organsim.

Term
Allele Segreagtion vs. Independent Assortment
Definition


-the inhertiance of one character has no effect on the inherritance of another.

Term
Monohybrid vs. Dihybrid cross vs. Testcross 
Definition

- An experimental mating of individudal differing in a single character. 

 

-An experimental mating of individuals differing in two characteristics. 

 

-Mating of an unkown genotype. See if its recessive for the same characteristics. It can determine the unkown genotype(homozygous vs. heterozygous).

Term
Incomplete dominace vs. Codominace 
Definition

- Phenotype of a heterozygous is intermediate bewteen the phenotype of the two types of homozygous 

 

-Inheritance pattern in which a heterozygote expresses the distinct trait of both alleles. 

Term
Pleiotropy vs. Polygenic Trait
Definition

- the control of more than one phenotypic characteristic by a single gene. 

 

- the addictive effects of two or more gene loci on a single phenotypic characteristic.

Term
Epistasis 
Definition

One gene suppresses or "dominates" a different gene, rather than an allel. 

 

Term
Mosaicism
Definition
A trait of female mammals due to inactivation of one X chromosomes in every cell
Term
Dosage Compension 
Definition
A trick for equalizing the "dose" of X genes in XX vs. XY individuals 
Term
Crossing over 
Definition
The exchange of of segments betweem chromatids during meiosis and the exchange of segments between DNA molecules in prokaryotes. 
Term
Parental vs. Recombinant phenotypes
Definition

-The first set of parents crossed in which their genotype is the basis for predicting the genotype of their offspring,

 

-DNA molecule carrying nucleotide sequences derived from two or more sources

Term
Linkage vs. Chromosome Map
Definition

- A listing of the relative locations of genes along a chromosome as determined by recombination frequencies 

 

-indicates the relative positions of the genes that code for certain characteristics

Term
Sex Chromosomes vs. Autosomes 
Definition

-a chromosome that determines whether an individual is male or female

 

-a chromosome not directly involved in determining the sex of the organism. 

Term
Criss-cross inheritance 
Definition
How sex linked (x chromosomes) genes are passed from mom to son. 
Term
Mutant allele vs. Wild-type allele
Definition

- a change in the sqeuence of DNA 

 

-normal gene opposed to mutant one

Term
Pyrimindines vs. Purines 
Definition

-A nitrogen-containing, single-ring, basic compound that occurs in nucleic acids. The pyrimidines in DNA are cytosine and thymine; in RNA, cytosine and uracil


-A nitrogen-containing, double-ring, basic compound that occurs in nucleic acids. The purines in DNA and RNA are adenine and guanine.

Term
DNA vs. RNA
Definition

- 1. DNA is double stranded

2. contains deoxy ribose sugar

3. Adenine Guanine Thiamien and Cytosine 

4. Has no types


-RNA is single strand

2. riboxy sugar molecule

3. Uracil instead of Thaimien

4. Has different types like m-RNA, t-RNA, r-RNA

Term
Double Helix
Definition
A form of native DNA, referring to its two adjacent polynucleotide strands interwound into a sprial shape
Term
Replication vs. Transcription vs. Translation
Definition

-The copy of something

 

-the synthesis of DNA and RNA

 

-the synthesis of a ploypetide using the gentic information encoded in an mRNA moelcule. 

Term
Complementarity vs. Template
Definition

-property of double-stranded nucleic acids such as DNA,


-used to refer to a nucleotide sequence that directs thesynthesis of a sequence complementary 



Term
Unwinding vs. Pairing vs. Joining 
Definition

-to undo, or unwind

 

-to put two things together

 

-Where they come together and attach

Term
DNA polymearse va. RNA polymearse va. Ribosome 
Definition

-DNA polymerases are best-known for their role in DNA replication, in which the polymerase "reads" an intact DNA strand as a template and uses it to synthesize the new strand.


-key enzyme involved in creating an equivalent RNA copy of a sequence of DNA. 


-Substance that makes proteins

Term
Prometer vs. Terminator
Definition

-Nucleotide sequnce in DNA located near the start of a gene that is the binding site for RNA polymearse and the place where transcriptoin begins. 

 

-sequence of nucleotides in DNA that marks the end of a gene. It signals RNA polymearse to release the newly made RNA molecule and then to epart from the gene. 

Term
Triplet code vs. Codon vs. Anitcodon 
Definition

- A set of three-nucleotie-long "words" that specify the amino acid for polypeptide chains. 

 

-A three nucleotide sequence in mRNA that specifies a particular amino acid or polypeptide termination singal.

 

-On the tRNA molecule, a specific sequence of three nucleotides that is complemtary to a codon triplet on mRNA. 

Term
Initiation vs. Redundancy of the code
Definition

-Starting point of replication or translation

 

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Term
mRNA vs. tRNA vs. rRNA
Definition

- Messenger RNA, the key intermediary in gene expression, translating the DNA's genetic code into the amino acids that make up proteins.


-The role of tRNAs is to bond with amino acids and transfer them to the ribosomes, where proteins are assembled according to the genetic code carried by mRNA


-Strictly speaking, ribosomal RNA (rRNA) does not make proteins. It makes polypeptides (assemblies of amino acids) that go to make up proteins.

Term
Mutation vs. Mutagen 
Definition

- A change in the nucleotide sequence of an organsim's DNA

 

- a chemical or physical agent that interacts with DNA and causes a mutation

Term
Sickle cell anemia 
Definition

-the chain of errors that causes it

 

Term
Missense Mutation
Definition

base subsitiution which converts one amino acido into another

 

Term
Nonsense Mutation
Definition

Converts as an amino acid into a stop codon causing a truncated protein 

 

Term
Frameshift Mutation 
Definition
Base insertion or deletion, which shifts the reading frame
Term
Gene Expression vs. Cellular Differentiation
Definition

-The process where genetic information flows from genes to protiens. 

 

-The normal proecess by which a less specialized cell develops or matures to possess a more distinct form and function.


Term
Operon vs. Operator vs. Promoter vs. Repressor 
Definition

-A cluster of genes with related functions 

 

-a sequence of nucletoides near the start of an operon to which an active repressor protien can attach. 

 

-A nucleotide sequence in DNA located near the start of a gene that is the building site for RNA ploymerase and the place where transciption begins. 

 

-A protein that blocks the transcription of a gene or operon. 

Term
Structural gene
Definition
-DNA which codes for protein
Term
Inducer vs. Enhancer 
Definition

-Sugar molecule (lactose) which binds repressor protein

 

-Sequence that helps stimulate the transcription of a gene at some distance from it. 

Term
Histone vs. Nucleosome 
Definition

- A small portien molecule associated with DNA and important in DNA packing in the eukaroytic chromosome. 

 

-The bread-like unit of DNA packing in eukaryotic cell; consits of DNA wound around a protein core made up of eight histone molecules. 

Term
Exon vs. Intron vs. Splicing 
Definition

-Nucleic acid sequence in the DNA or RNA transcript following genetic splicing.

 

- Nucleotide squence within a gene that is removed by RNA splicing to get the final RNA of a gene. 

 

-modification of an RNA after transcription, in which introns are removed and exons are joined

 

 

Term
Benign vs. Malignant tumor vs. Metastasis 
Definition

-Abnormal mass of cells that remains at its orginal site in the body.

 

-Abnormal tissue mass that can spread into neighboring tissue and to other parts of the body; a cancerous tumor. 

 

-the spread of cancer cells beyond their original site. 

Term
Oncogene vs. Carcinogen
Definition

-A cancer causing gene; usually contributes to malignancy by abnormally enhancing the amount or activity of a growth factor made by a cell. 

 

-A cancer causing agent, either high energy radiation or a chemical.

Term
RFLP's vs. PCR
Definition

- Restriction fragment length polymorphism: varitation in the length of a restriction fragement. RFLP's are produced when homologous DNA sequences contaiing SNP's are cut up with restriction enzymes. 

 

-Polymerase chain reaction: a techniques used to obtain many copies of a DNA molecule or a specific part of a DNA molecule. 

Term
DNA fingerprinting
Definition
-Used to determine a person's identity. 
Term
Homologies
Definition

-Shared (developmental) orgins

1. Clitoris=penis

2. Labia=scrotum 

Term
Ovary vs. Oviduct vs. Ovulation 
Definition

-Female gonad which prodcues egg cells and reproducive hormones.

 

- The tube that conveys egg cells awat from an ovary.

 

-The release of an egg cell from an ovarian follicle.

Term
Follicle vs. Corpus Luteum 
Definition

-a cluster of cells that surrond, protect and nuorish a developing egg cell in the ovary.

 

-a small body of endocrine tissue that devlops from an ovarian follicle after ovulation and secretes progesterone and estrogen during pregnancy. 

 

 

Term
Uterus vs. Cervix vs. Vagina vs. Clitorus vs. Bartholin's Gland 
Definition

-Reproductive system of a mammalian female, the organ where the development of young occurs; the womb. 

 

-the neck of the uterus, which opens into the vagina. 

 

-Part of the female productive system between the uterus and the outside opening,the birth cannal for mammals.

 

-an organ in the female the engorged with bolld and becomes erect during sexual arousal. 

 

-Lubrication 

Term
Embryo vs. Fetus 
Definition

-A developing stage of mulitcelluar organism. Start of a new born baby. 

 

-A developing human from the 9th week of gestation until birth.

Term
Testis vs. Scrotum
Definition

-the male gonad in an animal. the testis produces sperm and in many species reprdouctive hormones. 

 

-a pouch of skin outside the abdomen that houses the tesites and functions in cooling sperm, keeping them viable. 

Term
Epididymis vs. Ejaculation
Definition

-a long coiled tube which sperm pass from the testies and are stored until mature and enjaculated. 

 

-Explusion of semen from the penis. 

Term
Vas deferens vs. Urethra 
Definition

-Part of the male reproductive system conveys sperm away from the testis;the sperm duct; in humans, the tube the conveys sperm between the epididymis and the common duct that leads to the urethra. 

 

-a duct that conveys urine from the uninary bladder to the outside. in the male the urethra also conveys semen iut of the body during ejcaluation. 

Term
Seminal vesicle vs. Prostate vs. Bubourethral gland 
Definition

-a gland in males that secretes a thick fluid that contains fructose, which provides most of the sperm's energy.

 

-a gland in human males that secrets a thin fluid that nourshes the sperm. 

 

-Lubercation 

Term
Seminiferous tubules 
Definition
-a coiled sperm prodcuing tube in a testies. 
Term
Ducts vs. Glands
Definition

-tubes

 

-tissues that secrete fluids, includes hormones. 

 

Term
Spermatogenic cells vs. intersitial cells 
Definition

-the formation of sperm cells (spermatogenesis)

 

-secrete testosterone

Term
Testosterone 
Definition

-Hormone made in testis (by interset cells) which causes male sexual traits. 

 

Term
Menstrual cycle vs. Menstruation 
Definition

-the hormonally synchronzied cyclic buildup and breakdown of the endomentruim of the endomentrium of some primates, including humans. 

 

-uterine bleeding resulting from shedding of the endometrium during a menstrual cycle. 

Term
Releasing hormones vs. FSH vs. LH
Definition

-a kind of hormone secreted by the hypothalamus that promotes the release of hormones from the anterior pituitary. 

 

-follicle stimulating hormones 

 

-intertition cells 

 

Term
Estrogen vs. Progestrone 
Definition

-one of the serveral chemcially simliar steriod hormones secreted by the gonads; maintains the female reproductive system and promotes the development of female features. 

 

- steriod hormones, including progestrone, produced by the mammalian ovary. Progestins prepare the uterus for pregnancy. 

 

 

Term
Morphogenesis vs. Differentitation
Definition

-shaping

 

-process of cellular specialzation

Term
Clevage vs. Gastrulation vs. Neurulation 
Definition

-1. Characterized by pinching in of the plasma membrane.

2. the first major phase of embrayoinc development in which rapid cell division without cell growth transforms the animal zygote into a ball of cells. 

 

-the second major phase of emryonic development, which transforms the blastula into a gastrula. Gastrulation adds more cells to the embryo and sorts the cells into distinct cell layers.

 

-the process by which neural plate develops into a neural tube.

Term
Blastula vs. Blastocoel vs. Blastopore vs. Blastocyst 
Definition

-an embryonic stage that marks the end of clevage during animal development; a hollow ball of cells in many species. 

 

-in developing animals, a central, fluid-filled cavity in a blastula. 

 

-opening into the archenteron during the embryonic stages of an organism.

 

-an mammalian emberyo made up of hallow ball of cells that results from celeavage and that implants in the mother's endometrium. 

Term
Morula 
Definition
-stage of cleavage when an embryo can be split into twins or fused into "chimeras"
Term
Ectoderm vs. Mesoderm vs. Endoderm 
Definition

-the outer layer of three embryonic cell laters in a gastrula. the ecotderm forms the skin of the fastrula nad gives rise to the epidermis and nervous system in an adult. 

 

-the middle layer of the three embryonic cell laters in a gastrula. the mesdoderm gices rise to muscles, bones the dermis of the skin and most other organs in the adult.  

 

- the innermost of the three embryoinic cell layers in a gasturla; forms the archenteron in the gastrula  and gives eise to the innermost linings of the digestive system in regulating body functions and mainaning homeostatis. 

Term
Notochord vs. neural plate vs. neural tube 
Definition

- a flexible, cartilage-loke, longitudinal rod located between the digestive tract and nerve cord in chordate animals; present ony in embryos in many species. 

 

 formation the embryo consists of three cell layers: the ectoderm that eventually forms the skin and neural tissues, the mesoderm that forms muscle and bone, and the endoderm that will form the cells lining the digestive and respiratory tract.

 

-an embryonic cylinder that develops from the ectoderm after gastrulation and gives rise to the bain and spinal cord. 

Term
Inner cells mass vs. Trophoblast vs. Chorion vs. Endometrium vs. Placenta 
Definition

- The mass inside the embryo that will later give rise to the defintinve structures of a fetus. 

 

-The outer protein of a blastocyst. Cells of the trophblast secrete enzymes that enable the blastocyst to implant in the endometrium of the mother's uterus. 

 

-The outermost extraembryonic membrane, which becomes the mammlian embryo's part of the placenta. 

 

-The inner linning of the uterus in mammals, richly supplied with blood vessels that provide the maternal part of the placenta and nourish the developing emberyo. 

 

-The organ that provides nutirents and oxygen to the embryo and helps dispose of its metaloblic wastes; formed of the embryo's chorion and the mother's endometerial blood vessels. 

Term
Induction
Definition
-during embryonic development, the influence of one group of cells on adjacent group of cells. 
Term
Chorionic Gonadotropin vs. Oxytocin 
Definition

-obtained from the urine of pregnant women since it is secreted by the placenta during pregnancy. It is usually used as a luteinizing hormone replacement.

 

 

-It plays a big role in sexual reproduction. Its a mammalian hormone that acts primarily as a neuromodulator in the brain. 

 

 

 

 

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