AP Flashcards

9283349591	Aneuploidy	A zygote with an abnormal number of a particular chromosome	0
9283349592	chromosome theory of inheritance	Mendelian genes have specific loci along chromosomes	1
9283349593	cytogenetic maps	locate genes with respect to chromosomal features	2
9283349594	Deletion	A chromosomal fragment is lost	3
9283349595	genetic map	An ordered list of the genetic loci along a particular chromosome.	4
9283349596	Duplication	A deleted fragment may become attached as an extra segment to a sister chromatid	5
9283349597	Duchenne muscular dystrophy	A human X-linked disorder with progressive weakening of the muscles and loss of coordination	6
9283349598	Down syndrome	An aneuploid condition due to an extra chromosome 21	7
9283349599	Hemophilia	X-linked recessive disorder defined by the absence of one or more of the proteins required for blood clotting	8
9283349600	Inversion	A chromosomal fragment may reattach to the original chromosome but in the reverse orientation	9
9283349601	linkage map	genetic map based on recombination frequencies	10
9283349602	linked genes	Genes genetically linked	11
9283349603	map units	Distances between genes	12
9283349604	monosomic	Cell has a 2n-1 chromosomes	13
9283349605	Nondisjunction	Members of a chromosome pair fail to separate	14
9283349606	parental types	Offspring with a phenotype that matches one of the parental phenotypes.	15
9283349607	Polyploidy	An organism has more than two complete chromosome sets in all somatic cells	16
9283349608	sex-linked gene	a gene located on a sex chromosome	17
9283349609	Translocation	A fragment that joins a non homologous chromosome	18
9283349610	trisomic	Cell that has 2n+1 chromosomes	19
9283349611	wild type allele	Phenotype for a character most commonly observed in natural populations	20
9283349612	X-linked	Genes located on the human X chromosome	21