Genetics Glossary
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Alleles: Alternative forms of a gene.
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Carrier:
Chimera: An organism composed of two or more populations of genetically different cells.
Clone:
Codon: 3 basepairs of DNA that code for an Amino Acid in a Protein.
Consanguinity: Having at least one common ancestor in recent generations.
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Epistatic : A gene that supresses or masks another (hypostatic) gene inhibiting it's expression.
Evolution: Genetic changes in a population that occurs over time. Changes may lead a population to diverge into new species.
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Hypostatic: A gene that has it's expression supressed by another epistatic or inhibiting gene.
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