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Active site
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The region of an enzyme that comes in contact with the substrate.
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Albinsim
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Autosomal recessive gene produces a nonfunctional tyrosinase enzyme. The normal tyrosinase catalyzes the first two steps in melanin biosynthesis.
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Gfdg
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Fdsgfds
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Allelic expansion
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Increase in gene size caused by an increase in the number of trinucleotide sequence.
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Anticipation
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Onset of a genetic disorder at earlier ages and with increasing severity in successive generations.
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Gh
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Fggfds
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Anticodon
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A group of three nucleotides in tRNA molecule that pairs with complementary sequence in an mRNA molecule.
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Background radiation
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Radiation in the environment that contributes to radiation exposure.
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Base analog
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A purine or pyrimidine that differs in chemical structure from those normally found in DNA or RNA.
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Clone
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Genetically identical molecules, cells, and organisms all derived from a single ancestor.
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Codon
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Triplets of nucleotides in mRNA that encode the information for a specific amino acid in a protein.
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DNA fingerprint
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Detection of variations in minisatellites used to identify individuals.
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DNA polymerase
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An enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of DNA using a template DNA strand and nucleotides.
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Endonuclease-
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Break the phosphodiester bone within the nucleic acid polynucleotide strand.
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Epidemiology
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The sudy of the factors that control the presence, absence, and frequency of a disease.
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