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| provide the information for building a protein |
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| a change in the sequence of bases in the DNA |
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| high-energy radiation chemicals that resemble bases |
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| transcribed into Mrna and translated into protein |
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| bind to genes; turning them on |
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| control expression of other genes by turning them on and off |
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| number of chromosomes in the human body |
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| pairs of chromosomes in the body |
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| where are the chromosomes located in the human body? |
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| chromosomes that make up a pair and have the same genes in the same locations |
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| codes for an activator protein that binds to other genes turning them on |
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| sex cell that only contains one chromosome from each homologous pair |
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| cells that contain homologous pairs of chromosomes (all cells in the body except sex cells) |
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| cells that contain 1 chromosome from each pair (sex cells only) |
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| uncontrolled cell division |
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| a growth-regulatory gene that has malfunctioned, stimulating uncontrolled cell division |
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| a gene that inhibits cell |
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| high-energy radiation, chemicals that mimic bases, viruses that insert oncogenes into DAN of cell |
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| How the body protects itself from cancer |
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| DNA repair molecules, the immune system destroys abnormal cells |
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| destroys the DNA in cancer cells |
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| poisons the cancer, affects all cells undergoing cell division |
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| different possible forms of the same gene |
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| the combination of 2 alleles an individual possesses for a particular gene |
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| the gene coding for blood surface protein, has 3 possible alleles |
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| a process for modifying an organisms genes |
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