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<div class="NavHead" style="padding:2px 2px 2px 30px; background-color:#BBDDFF; text-align:left;">'''[[Genetics glossary]]'''
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|title = [[Glossary of genetics|Genetics glossary]]
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|list1title = [[DNA]]
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|list1 = A long [[molecule]] that looks like a twisted ladder. It is made of four types of simple units and the sequence of these units carries information, just as the sequence of letters carries information on a page.
  
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|list2title = [[Nucleotide]]
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|list2 = They form the rungs of the DNA ladder and are the repeating units in DNA. There are four types of nucleotides (A, T, G and C) and it is the sequence of these nucleotides that carries information.
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A long [[molecule]] that looks like a twisted ladder. It is made of four types of simple units and the sequence of these units carries information, just as the sequence of letters carries information on a page.
 
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|list3title = [[Chromosome]]
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|list3 = A package for carrying DNA in the cells. They contain a single long piece of DNA that is wound up and bunched together into a compact structure. Different species of plants and animals have different numbers and sizes of chromosomes.
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They form the rungs of the DNA ladder and are the repeating units in DNA. There are four types of nucleotides (A, T, G and C) and it is the sequence of these nucleotides that carries information.</div></div>
 
  
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|list4title = [[Gene]]
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|list4 = A segment of [[DNA]]. Genes are like sentences made of the "letters" of the nucleotide alphabet, between them genes direct the physical development and behavior of an organism. Genes are like a recipe or instruction book, providing information that an organism needs so it can build or do something - like making an eye or a leg, or repairing a wound.
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A package for carrying DNA in the cells. They contain a single long piece of DNA that is wound up and bunched together into a compact structure. Different species of plants and animals have different numbers and sizes of chromosomes.
 
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|list5title = [[Allele]]
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|list5 = The different forms of a given gene that an organism may possess. For example, in humans, one allele of the eye-color gene produces green eyes and another allele of the eye-color gene produces brown eyes.
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A segment of [[DNA]]. Genes are like sentences made of the "letters" of the nucleotide alphabet, between them genes direct the physical development and behavior of an organism. Genes are like a recipe or instruction book, providing information that an organism needs so it can build or do something - like making an eye or a leg, or repairing a wound.
 
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|list6title = [[Genome]]
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|list6 = The complete set of genes in a particular organism.
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The different forms of a given gene that an organism may possess. For example, in humans, one allele of the eye-color gene produces green eyes and another allele of the eye-color gene produces brown eyes.
 
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|list7title = [[Genetic engineering]]
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|list7 = When people change an organism by adding new genes, or deleting genes from its genome.
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The complete set of genes in a particular organism.</div></div>
 
  
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|list8title = [[Mutation]]
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|list8 = An event that changes the sequence of the DNA in a gene.
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When people change an organism by adding new genes, or deleting genes from its genome.
 
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An event that changes the sequence of the DNA in a gene.
 
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