genomes
Complete DNA sequences
Genomes is the plural of genome, the complete set of genetic material in an organism—all its DNA, containing the instructions for building and maintaining that organism.
Scientists sequence genomes to understand heredity, disease, and evolution: The Human Genome Project mapped all human genes.
Different species have vastly different genome sizes.
Determining element order
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
- bioinformaticsComputational analysis of genetic data
- CRISPRGene-editing molecular machinery
assembly · alignment · genotyping · biobank · pharmacogenomics
Hereditary code molecule
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- genesUnits of heredity
- nucleotidesDNA and RNA subunits
- adeninePurine nucleobase in DNA
cytosine · guanine · thymine · sequencing · karyotype · locus · alleles · replication
Three-base genetic words
- intronsNon-coding DNA stretches
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- translationConverting between languages
- RNAGene expression molecule
Property received from ancestors
- traitsDistinguishing personal features
- dominantHaving superior influence
- recessiveMasked unless paired identically
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
genotype · Mendelian · pedigree · carrier · linkage · variation · offspring · familial
Permanent DNA alteration
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
ancestral · derived · bottleneck · polymorphism · fitness · cladistics
sequencing
Determining element order
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
- bioinformaticsComputational analysis of genetic data
CRISPR · assembly · alignment · genotyping · biobank · pharmacogenomics
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- genesUnits of heredity
- nucleotidesDNA and RNA subunits
adenine · cytosine · guanine · thymine · sequencing · karyotype · locus · alleles · replication · polymerase
codons
Three-base genetic words
- intronsNon-coding DNA stretches
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- translationConverting between languages
RNA · mRNA · tRNA · ribosome · polypeptide · splicing · promoter
inheritance
Property received from ancestors
- traitsDistinguishing personal features
- dominantHaving superior influence
- recessiveMasked unless paired identically
phenotype · genotype · Mendelian · pedigree · carrier · linkage · variation · offspring · familial · paternal
mutation
Permanent DNA alteration
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
divergence · ancestral · derived · bottleneck · polymorphism · fitness · cladistics
- biologycells, DNA, cell, biology, gene
- geneticsDNA, allele, genotype, genes, gene
- Microscale Biologycells, DNA, RNA, proteins, enzymes
- breeding geneticsgenes, DNA, alleles, chromosomes, selective breeding
- germplasmgermplasm, seed banks, gene pools, genetic material, seeds
- Mappable Thingsterrain, routes, coastlines, borders, cities
- human genomeFull DNA sequence of people
- genome editingTargeted DNA alteration technology
- genome sequencingReading complete DNA sequence
- genome duplicationCopying all chromosomes
- segmented genomeGenetic material on separate molecules
- genome sequenceComplete DNA letter order