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| study of genetics at a cellular level |
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| the study of the inheritance of traits through breeding and pedigrees |
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| Organisms with cells that contain organelles and a nucleus. Have histones. |
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| cells lacking organelles, histones, a nucleus, and can contain plasmids |
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| Darkly staining body in the nucleus of eukaryotes where RNA is processed and ribosomes are assembled. |
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| the inactivated DNA of an X chromosome in female mammals. Calico cat example. |
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| proteins that the DNA of eukaryotes is wrapped around for organizational and size purposes. |
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| the structure of DNA wrapped around histone proteins. |
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| DNA when it is loose and not in chromosomes. |
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| methylation of DNA keeps it from being transcribed, and also marks older DNA from newer DNA. |
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| densly packed chromatin forming dark staining bands, less likely to be transcribed. |
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| DNA in a chromosome that is easily able to be transcribed because it is less densly packed than heterochromatin |
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