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Genes
Part B
Term | Definition |
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Chromosomes | a thread like structure mad up of DNA which controls the function and characteristics of a cell (chromatin) |
chromatin | chromatin |
3 parts of a DNA | phosphate (backbone), sugr (deoxyribose), nitrogeneous base (rung) |
Nitrogeneous bases | adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine |
protein | amino acids join together to form a chain (protein) which carries out out a specific task set out from the DNA |
phenylketonuria | the body does not have an enzyme to diges the animo acid phenylaline found in certain proteins |
down syndome | occurs when an embryo has an extra chromosome |
huntington disease | a disease that affects nerve cells so that a person loses muscle control |
transgenic engineering | the processs of comibing genes (DNA) from one organism to another |
transgenic organisms | a genticall modified organism (GMO) whose genes are altered or genes from other species are inserted |
mutations | occurs when the codon sequence in the gene segment of the DNA segment is changed in order it was in |
mutagens | rdiation or a substance that causes the genes to mutate |
cloning | cloning |