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| Sex Linked characteristic |
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| A trait associated with a gene that is carried only by the male or femaleparent. |
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| the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms |
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| a person or thing that carries. |
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| the observable constitution of an organism. |
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| any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNAmolecules at specific sites |
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| a technique for separating protein molecules of varying sizes in amixture by moving them through a block of gel, as of agarose orpolyacrylamide, by means of an electric field, with smaller moleculesmoving faster and therefore farther than larger ones. |
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| Polymerase chain reaction |
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| Polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, is a laboratory technique used to make multiple copies of a segment of DNA. |
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| Organisms that have altered genomes are known astransgenic. |
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DNA that has been formed artificially by combining constituents from different organisms.
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the deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material.
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a chromosome involved with determining the sex of an organism, typically one of two kinds.
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any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome.
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| a single-stranded end of DNA or RNA having a nucleotide basesequence complementary to that of another strand, enabling the twostrands to be connected by base pairing |
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