Leja, Darryl. RNA Transcripts. 2016, National Human Genome Research Institute. Accessed 17 Feb. 2020.
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HERE IS A GLOSSARY OF TERMS FOR THIS UNIT:
Allele: One of two or more possibilities for a gene or other DNA sequence. For example, the genes for A and B blood proteins, in humans, are two of the alleles possible at the ABO blood type locus.
Apoptosis: Cellular self-destruction, often performed when the cell (such as a cell of the human body) is defective or potentially cancerous.
Autosome: One of the paired, numbered chromosomes (in humans, chromosomes 1 through 22).
Chromosome: A strand of DNA, with its associated histone proteins, especially when it is condensed enough to be visible under a light microscope.
Codon: Three letters of RNA that match to a known tRNA/amino acid complex.
DNA: Deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material in living cells.
Dominant: A gene whose effects can still be observed even in the presence of another allele for the same gene.
Epigenetics: The study of heritable changes in gene expressions.
Express: To use the instructions from a gene to make the gene's product.
Gene: The sequence of DNA that provides instructions for building a gene product such as a protein or a functional RNA.
Genome: All of the DNA in a living thing.
Histone: One of the proteins that DNA is wrapped around.
Monosomy: The condition of having only one of a particular chromosome instead of a pair.
Phenotype: The traits or appearance of a living thing.
Recessive: A gene whose effects cannot be observed in the presence of another allele for the same gene.
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