AVS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Malaria, Gene Therapy, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

• School: URI
• Department: Animal and Veterinary Science
• Course: AVS 101
• Professor: Anthony Mallilo

Document Summary

Phenotype - physical expression of the genotype. Rod-like structures within the nucleus of cells. Each species has the same number of chromosomes. I. e. height (size of legs, head, neck, and feet) The more genes that control a characteristic harder it is to select for that characteristic. Helps demonstrate probabilities of certain genetic outcomes. Segment of a gene that controls inheritance. Nucleotide combination of sugar, phosphate, and one base. When many nucleotides bond dna strand. Two strands wind together to form a double helix of a dna molecule. C g t a make up the genetic code. Any change in the base pair (c-g), (a-t), can cause a mutation or disease. What you are is determined by the sequence of nucleotides in your dna. You have thousands and thousands of genes. Location of every gene on the 46 chromosomes. Technique for correcting defective genes that result in disease. Experimental and not very successful in clinical trials.