GENOTYPE = GENETIC MAKEUP FO ORGANISM (ALL ALLELES)
PHENOTYPE = OBSERVABLE CHARACTERISTIC DUE TO INTERCTION BETWEEN GENOTYPE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
GENE = SEQUENCE OF NUCLEOTIDE BASES CODING FOR THE PRIMARY SEQUENCE OF A PARTICULAR POLYPEPTIDE. POSITION OF GENE ON DNA STRAND IS THE LOCUS
ALLELE = DIFFERENT VERSION OF A GENE
DIPLIOD = HOMOLOGOUS PAIRS OF CHROMOSOMES, EACH CELL HAS TWO ALLELES FOR THE SAME GENE
HOMOZYGOUS = TWO ALLELES ARE THE SAME, TWO DOMINANT OR RECESSIVE
HETEROZYGOUS = TWO ALLELES ARE DIFFERENT, EXPRESSED ALLELE IS DOMINANT, THE OTHER IS RECESSIVE
CODOMINANT = TWO ALLELES CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS PHENOTYPE
MULTIPLE ALLELES = MORE THAN TWO ALLELES FOR A, (ABO BLOOD GROUPS)
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