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- 2. section of DNA made of a short sequence that is repeated many times, right next to each other, like a broken record. Used in DNA fingerprinting and helped the boy from Ghana
- 5. best known for coining the term gene
- 8. scientific name for fruit fly
- 13. Austrian monk and scientist recognized as the father of modern genetics for his foundational work on the inheritance of traits in pea plants
- 15. threadlike structure found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes
- 17. inherited characteristic that appears and can mask a hidden characteristic
- 18. characteristic that is only visible when there is no dominant gene present, can be hidden in the 1st generation
- 19. model organism widely used for research due to its short life cycle, large number of offspring and genetic similarities to humans
- 20. like a "cut and paste" of a gene's RNA instructions where a single gene can make several different proteins by leaving different parts in or leaving other parts out
- 21. discovery by Mendel that states genes do not blend but are inherited separately from parent to offspring
- 22. specific characteristic of an organism, such as eye color or height, that can be determined by genes, environmental factors, or a combination of both
- 24. virus that infects bacteria and has been used to unlock many secrets of genetics
- 25. uses a sequence of triplets or codons, which are the instructions for building proteins
- 27. the passing on of characteristics genetically from one generation to another
- 28. "jumping genes" that can move to different locations within a genome, causing mutations that can be harmful, beneficial, or neutral
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- 1. like a "molecular scissors" for DNA that cuts the DNA strand at a very specific location
- 3. shape of the DNA molecule
- 4. won the 1962 Nobel Prize for their model of DNA as a double helix
- 6. international effort to sequence our DNA and to identify about 25,000 human genes
- 7. molecule that carries the genetic instructions for the development, functioning, and reproduction of all known living organisms
- 9. her x-ray image was fundamental to discovering the structure of DNA
- 10. studied maize (corn) and discovered that genes can jump to different locations
- 11. organism used by Gregor Mendel for his experiments
- 12. like a "stop button" for specific genes
- 14. unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring on chromosomes and determines traits of the offspring
- 16. molecule made of amino acids determined by a gene and performs functions in organisms
- 23. carries genetic information from DNA in the nucleus to the cytoplasm to be read and create proteins
- 26. the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics