adenine
allele
amino acid
anticodon
Anti=against, opposite;
code=converting a piece of
information from one form to another
chromosome
clone
khrōma = color, sōma = body
(because chromosomes readily take up dye)
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klon = a twig
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codominant
cloning
Co= with, together;
dominari = be lord, rule
codon
cross-breeding
code = converting a piece of information from
one form to another
kross = both; brod = fetus, hatching
crossing - over
cytosine
kross = both; ofer = above, beyond
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DNA
diploid
de = away from, down; oxy = oxygen;
ribose = a sugar; nucleic acid = chain
of nucleotides
di = two
fertilization
dominant
fertilis = fruitful; -ion = act or
condition of
dominari = be lord, rule
gel electrophoresis
gamete
gamos = marriage
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geleta = jelly; electro = electricity;
phorēsis = being carried
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gene
genetic engineering
genos = offspring, birth; genesis = origin
genesis = origin; ingenium = talent,
clever device
guanine
genotype
genesis = origin; type = kind
heterozygous
haploid
hetero = different;
zygo = to yoke / bring together
haplous = single
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hybrid
homozygous
Hybrida = offspring of mixed
parentage
homo = same;
zygo = to yoke / bring together
meiosis
karyotype
Karyo= refers to the nucleus of a cell; type =
kind
meioun = to make smaller; -osis =
condition
monohybrid cross
mutation
mono = one; hybrida = offspring of mixed
parentage
mutare = to change; -ion = act or
condition of
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nucleotide
phenotype
nucleo = having to do with the nucleus
pheno = to appear; type = kind
Punnett square
polypeptide
poly = many
recombinant DNA
ratio
3:1 Ratio of dominant
(purple) to recessive
(white) phenotypes
re = back, again ; combinare = to
bring together
ration = relation, reason
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recessive
RNA
re = back ; cess = go, yield, move
sex-linked gene
somatic cell
somo = body
transcription
thymine
trans = across; transcript = written
copy
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translation
uracil
trans = across; translation = from one
language into another
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