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GE259

  1. What is Genetics?
    • The study of the mechanisms of heredity
    • Nuclei of all humans cells (except gametes) contain 46 chromosomes
  2. XX
    female
  3. XY
    male
  4. homozygous dominant
    • 2 uppercase letters
    • ex: NN (no cystic fibrosis)
  5. heterozygous
    • 1 uppercase 1 lowercase letters
    • ex: Nn (no cystic fibrosis (carrier)
  6. homozygous recessive
    • 2 lowercase letters
    • ex: nn (suffers from cystic fibrosis)
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97865
Card Set
GE259
Description
Final Exam Chapter 29
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