1. Introduction to Genetics

Define each of the following terms:

mutation

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genotype

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nucleic acid strand polarity

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complementary base pair

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phenotype

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antiparallel

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chromosome

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gene

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DNA replication

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translation

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central dogma of biology

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allele

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transcription

Compare and contrast the genome, the proteome, and the transcriptome of an organism.

With respect to transcription describe the relationship and sequence correspondence of the RNA transcript and the DNA template strand. Describe the relationship and sequence correspondence of the mRNA transcript to the DNA coding strand.