Bio 182 Exam 1 Vocabulary 100% Correct

Bio 182 Exam 1 Vocabulary 100% Correct allele a form of a gene that affects the way an organism looks or behaves chromosome a highly condensed molecule of DNA thatches for many proteins diploid when a cell contains two copies of each chromosome dominant when one copy of an allele determines the phenotype of an individual gamete a haploid cell that develops into a sperm or an egg gene a linear sequences of DNA that codes for a certain protein genotype the set of alleles that determine how an organism looks or behaves haploid when a cell contains one copy of each chromosome heritable when the variation in a phenotype depends on genes heterozygous when an individual carries two different alleles for a gene homologous when two chromosomes contain the same genes homozygous when an individual carries two identical alleles for a gene locus a place on a chromosome where a certain gene occurs meiosis a process in which a diploid cell produces four haploid cells mitosis a process in which a diploid cell produces two diploid cells mutation an error in the sequence of nucleotides