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-theory
-chromosomes are cellular components that physically contain genes
Chromosome Theory of Inheritance
Chromosome Theory of Inheritance was proposed by?
Walter Sutton
Theodore Boveri
genes aka
Mendel's factors
the location of Mendel's factors/genes was described by
Thomas Hunt Morgan
tiny biochemical structures found inside cell that carry traits from one gen. to the next
genes
genes are made up of a chemical called
DNA
genes have the instructions for making thousands of chemical building blocks in the body called
proteins
_________ are strung together to form long chains of _________ in structure known as ___________
genes
DNA
chromosomes
every individual has ____ genes for every trait, _____ from mother and ____ from father
2
1
1
threadlike structure of nucleic acids & proteins
chromosomes
chromosomes are located where?
nucleus
chromosomes carry genetic information in the form of
genes
chromosomes are first observed in plant cell by
Karl Wilhelm von Nageli
chromosomes observed in salamander (animal), described by?
Walter Flemming
discoverer of mitosis
Walter Flemming
the term chromosomes was coined by
von Waldeyer
set of chromosomes aka
karyotype
first to define karyotype as the phenotypic apppearance of somatic chromosomes
Levitsky
insisted on man having an XX/xy system
Painter
two chromatids held together by?
centromere
types of chromosomes
Autosomal chromosomes
sex chromosomes
Autosomal chromosomes aka
autosomes
chromosomes other than sex chromosomes
Autosomal chromosomes
Autosomal chromosomes exist in ___________ pairs in ____ cells
homologous
diploid
Autosomal chromosomes in humans
1-22
X & Y
sex chromosomes
sex chromosomes female
XX
sex chromosomes male
XY
general appearance of individual's chromosomes taking from somatic cell
karyotype
shows structural/numerical chromosome abnormalities
karyotype
karyotype is aligned according to?
size
shape
number
karyotype: human male
46XY
karyotype: human female
46XX
karyotype: Down syndrome female
47XX + 21
karyotype: Turner syndrome
45X0
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Author
summerdhon
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333666
Card Set
chromosome
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Updated
2017-08-23T15:11:18Z
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