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Heredity, prenatal development and birth
Biological foundations
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Undergraduate 1
01/28/2012

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Autosomes
Definition
first 22 pairs of chromosomes
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Sex Chromosomes
Definition

23rd pair of chromosomes these determine the sex of the child. XY-boy XX-girl

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Deoroxyribonucliec acid
Definition

(DNA) Molecule compsed of four nuclieotide bases that is the biochemical basis of heredity.

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Gene
Definition

group of nucleotide bases that provides a specfic set of biochemical instructions

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Phenotype
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physical, behavioral and psychological features that result from the interaction between one's genes and the enviroment
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Genotype
Definition
person's hereditary make-up
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Alleles
Definition
variations of genes
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Homozygous
Definition
when the alleles in a pair of chromosomes are the same
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