Genetics Glossary - VGL Vocab

<p>A selective barrier of endothelial cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organism possessing one copy of a recessive allele</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The phenotype of the recessive allele</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When an organism or tissue contains at least two different complete diploid sets of DNA that originated from more than one zygote</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A physical structure that stores the genetic information, composed of long strands of RNA coiled around proteins</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Both alleles at a locus are expressed equally in an organism</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sequence of three consecutive nucleotides in DNA or RNA that specifies the synthesis of a single amino acid or acts as a start or stop signal during translation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Traits with complete penetrance will be expressed in all individuals possessing the causal allele</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An individual with two different mutant alleles at the same genetic locus (one on each chromosome)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A mutation where part of the DNA sequence is lost</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Genetic variations that arise in a reproductive cell or the fertilized egg so that they are present in an individual animal but absent from both parents’ DNA</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A variant of a pigmentation gene that lightens the coat color of an animal</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An individual with two different mutant alleles at the same genetic locus (one on each chromosome)</p> Signup and view all the answers