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1. Genetics:
Answer
The study of genes and their role in inheritance.
-Determines the way certain traits or conditions are down from one generation to
another
2. Genomics:
Answer
The study of all of a person's genes (the genome).
- Interactions of genes with each other and with persons environment.
-Study of complex diseases caused by genetic and environmental factors: heart disease,
asthma, diabetes mellitus, and cancer.
3. Genes:
Answer
The basic unit of heredity information located on a specific part of a chromosome.
-They encode, or carry instructions for proteins that direct activities of cells and functions
of the body.
-Control cellular function, how quickly it grows, how often it divides, and how long it
lives.
4. Allele:
Answer
An alternative form of a gene occupying a pair of chromosomes, one coming from the
mother and one coming from the father.
-Each codes for a specific inherited characteristic such as, eye color, hair
texture, and blood type.
5. Dominant Allele:
Answer The trait or gene that is fully expressed in the phenotype of an individual.
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