Key Terms

centromere 345

chromatid 341

chromatin 327

DNA transposon 313

euchromatin 332

exon shuffling 322

fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) 342

gene family 306

genomics 302

heterochromatin 332

histones 327

karyotype 341

LINEs 318

long terminal repeats (LTRs) 316

nucleosome 328

open reading frame (ORF) 326

polytene chromosome 343

protein family 306

pseudogene 307

retrotransposon 313

simple-sequence (satellite) DNA 310

SINEs 318

SMC proteins 336

telomere 345

transcription unit 303

transposable (mobile) DNA element 312