KEY TERMS

adenine (A)

alleles

chromosome theory

codon

complementary

cytosine (C)

DNA polymerase

DNA replication

DNA sequencing

dominant

gametes

gene

gene expression

genetically modified organism (GMO)

genetics

genomics

guanine (G)

ligase

messenger RNA (mRNA)

model organism

multifactorial hypothesis

nuclease

one-gene-one-enzyme hypothesis

one-gene-one-polypeptide hypothesis

point mutation

quantitative trait locus (QTL)

regulatory element

single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)

somatic cells

thymine (T)

transcription

transformation

translation