BIO1022 Study Guide - Final Guide: Precocious Puberty, Tandem Repeat, Estradiol
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Genetics: the study of variation and how (in some cases) it is inherited. Genotype: the genetic constitution of an organism; comes from a parent if haploid (asexual) or parents if diploid (sexual). Phenotype: the morphological, biochemical and behavioural properties of an organism resulting from a specific genotype and its interaction with the environment. Genome: the total amount of genetic material in a chromosome set. Sequencing: working out the order to the nitrogenous base sequences in dna (however this does not reveal the bases" functions). Almost every known organism is having/has had their genomes sequenced. Humans: have two genomes; that of their dna and that of their mitochondria. Gwas (genome-wide association studies): the scanning of the genomes of many people to find the genetic variations associated with a particular disease in order to predict a patients propensity for genetic diseases. This also personalises pharmacology so that drugs can be tailored to a patient"s genes.
