General Genetics and Gene Technologies vocabulary

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  1. 4. Therapy; The application of genetic engineering to the transplantation of genes into human cells in order to cure a disease caused by a genetic defect, as a missing enzyme.
  2. 6. One of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
  3. 8. Having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
  4. 12. square; In genetics, a type of grid used to show the gametes of each parent and their possible offspring; a type of grid that can indicate all the possible outcomes of a genetic cross; also called checkerboard
  5. 13. The study of human genetic variability in relation to drug action and its application to medical treatment
  6. 15. Cells; A cell that upon division replaces its own numbers and also gives rise to cells that differentiate further into one or more specialized types, as various B cells and T cells.
  7. 16. The genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits
  8. 17. The process of producing a clone.
  9. 18. A distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature.
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  1. 1. Another name for biochip.
  2. 2. The basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
  3. 3. Having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
  4. 5. The observable constitution of an organism.
  5. 7. allele; An allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different.
  6. 9. A system of moral principles.
  7. 10. Biology. the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment.
  8. 11. finger printing, the use of a DNA probe for the identification of an individual, as for the matching of genes from a forensic sample with those of a criminal suspect.
  9. 14. DNA; DNA in which one or more segments or genes have been inserted, either naturally or by laboratory manipulation, from a different molecule or from another part of the same molecule, resulting in a new genetic combination.
  10. 16. Counseling; The counseling of individuals with established or potential genetic problems, concerned with inheritance patterns and risks to future offspring.