BIOL308 Lecture Notes - Transfer Rna, Mutation, Allele
16 Jul 2014
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Chromosome: the combination of dna and associated proteins found in organisms. The entire dna sequence necessary for the synthesis of a rna molecule or functional polypeptide. Includes coding (codes for it) and regulatory regions tell the cell how and when to use it (up and downstream) Gene expression: processes through which the information carried by a gene is converted into observable product. Some way of showing how it is being expressed, it is observable under the right conditions. Mutation: transmissible permanent change in nucleotide sequence of a chromosome may be in a gene, and if it is, it can change the entire function whether its in the coding or regulatory region. Mutant: an organism bearing a mutant gene that expresses itself in the phenotype. An observable change white eyes opposed to red for a drosophila fly. In other words something different then what we call normal versus the wild type. Genome: all genes carried by a single gamete.
