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Genetics 1
Ch 1
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
02/01/2012

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Classical Transmission Genetics
Definition
Mendelian and non-mendelian inheritance
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Molecular genetics
Definition
DNA, RNA, and chromosonal structure, replication, transcription, translation
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Quantitative Genetics
Definition
Predictions of phenotypic and genotypic ratios, linkages, etc.
Term
Cytogenetics
Definition
study of chromosome structure and abnormalities.
Term
genomics
Definition
study of entire genomes, the interrelationships
among various genes within a species and across the evolutionary tree
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Criteria for a genetic study
Definition
– Genetic history should be well known
– Should have a relatively short life cycle
– A mating must produce a large number of offspring
– Easy to handle
– Genetic variation must exist in the population
– Availability of pure breeding line
Term
Mitosis and meiosis
Definition
Chromosome duplication,
recombination and
segregation during cell
divisio
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