| A | B |
|---|
| gamete | sex cell |
| meiosis | process that reduces # of chromosomes |
| mitosis | process that produces daughter cells exactly like parent cell |
| deletion | a genetic mutation in which one or more nucleotides are removed from a section of DNA |
| karyotype | a picture of a person's chromosomes |
| nondisjuction | the failure of chromosomes to separate during meiosis, |
| mutation | A change in the genetic material |
| point mutation | A gene mutation that involves only changing one nucleotide |
| Frameshift mutation | A mutation that changes the "reading frame" of a gene by inserting or deleting a nucleotide |
| insertion | A gene mutation where a nucleotide is added |
| homozygous | two identical copies of alleles in the DNA gene sequence that encodes for a particular trait |
| heterozygous | The presence of two different alleles at a particular gene locus |
| genotype | a gene is a section of DNA that encodes a trait |
| phenotype | an individual's observable traits, such as height, eye color, and blood type |
