5 Terms
Contributors in Genome
Genome
disease-associated genes
Biology; Genome
Alleles carrying particular DNA sequences associated with the presence of disease..
identical twin
Biology; Genome
Twins produced by the division of a single zygote; both have identical genotypes. See also: fraternal twin.
base pair (bp)
Biology; Genome
Two nitrogenous bases (adenine and thymine or guanine and cytosine) held together by weak bonds. Two strands of DNA are held together in the shape of a double helix by the bonds between base pairs..
pseudogene
Biology; Genome
A sequence of DNA similar to a gene but nonfunctional; probably the remnant of a once-functional gene that accumulated mutations..
