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| a heritable factor that consists of a length of DNA and influences a specific characteristic. |
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| How do alleles differ? (besides express different phenotypes) |
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| How are new alleles formed? |
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| mutations in the base sequences. |
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| What is the Human Genome Project? |
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| they sequenced the entire base sequence of the human genome. |
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| What causes sickle cell anemia? and what happens to the red blood cells because of it? |
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| a base substance mutation changes polypeptides formed in translation. Hemoglobin is supposed to be globular but is made a fibrous protein, so blood cells lose circular shape. |
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| How many genes do humans have? |
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| How many genes do Escheria coli have? |
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| How many genes do drosophila have? |
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