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A gene is a chemical reading of your body's mix of proteins and amino acids in your DNA

(Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid). A gene doesn't really DO any thing, it really tells you how your going to grow.

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Genes group together to make DNA strands which makes up the genetic make-up of your body. When DNA goes into cell division one of the two strands of DNA breaks off and proteins make new strand on the broken off piece and a new strand is formed on the old strand. Thus resulting in two pairs of DNA. This may answer more DNA questions than gene questions......

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Genes occupy specific areas of DNA and direct RNA production which in turn direct protein synthesis. Generally speaking, genes control many physical characteristics like the color of one's hair. Genes can also be sex-linked (all genes located on X chromosome, no genes on y), modifiers (changes effect of another gene), or mutant (messed up transmission and expression).

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A gene is a replicator. The function of a replicator is to replicate

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They code for proteins that perform everything for our body.

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It controls whether a a cell will be used for growth or for repair

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What name is given to the specific location of a gene on a chromosome?

The specific location of a gene on a chromosome is called a locus. It is where the gene is positioned along a chromosome, and each gene has a unique locus.


Regions of DNA within each chromosome?

gene


Are all traits of an organism found in its gene?

yes each gene has 100 chromosome on it


What various types of genetic material in order from simplest to most complex?

nucleus → chromosome → gene


What is a segment with information to make a protein?

A segment of DNA on a chromosome that controls the production of a protein is called a gene. Chromosome a cellular structure that contains DNA.


List these in order from smallest to largest chromosome gene cell?

Smallest to largest: Gene (a place on a chromosome); chromosome (there are 46 in human cells); and DNA (because it accounts for all the genetic material in a cell).


The purpose of mapping the genes is to?

show where on a chromosome each gene is located.


What is name of the two genes one on each chromosome of a pair that control the same trait are called?

They are called alleles. Each allele is a different form of the gene, and they can be dominant or recessive.


What does it mean to say that a gene is linked to a chromosome?

When a gene is linked to a chromosome, it means that the gene is physically located on that chromosome. This means that the gene is inherited along with the chromosome it is located on, and may be inherited together with other nearby genes on the same chromosome.


A short and simple definition of gene?

A gene is a part of the chromosome what is linked to your DNA it carries the proteins which make you, you! Factors that control traits.


Gene is it the same as a chromosome?

no, the gene is not actually the chromosome but a part of chormosome...


How many copies of a gene does each somatic cell have?

Each somatic cell typically has two copies of each gene, one inherited from each parent. This is known as diploid.