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Concepts
Fingerprinting - The process of analyzing DNA samples in order to identify a person Ink chromatography - The process of separating contents of ink to show differences in appearance and number of all Karyotypes - The appearance and number of all 23 chromosomes in a cell Pedigrees - A detailed table showing family ancestry DNA structure - The double helix pattern and 4 base pair nucleotides that makes up DNA DNA replication - The process of creating new, semi-conserved DNA DNA mutation - DNA that gets damaged, causing new and sometimes dangerous traits Chromosomal - A disease caused by faulty, extra or not enough chromosomes Alleles - A set of DNA that codes for a specific trait Dominant - A trait that will always be expressed if the allele is present Recessive - A trait that will only be expressed if two of the alleles are present Co-dominant - When no trait is dominant over the other, as a result both traits are expressed Incomplete dominance - When one trait is not completely dominant over the other |