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Appendix C: Glossary
Pages 239-242

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... Saunders Co., 2000) , The On-line Medical Dictionary (http://www.graylab.ac.uk/~; and Glossary of Genetic Terms developed by National Human Genome Research Institute (http://www.nhgri.nih.gov)
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... 1. A set of alleles of a group of closely linked genes, such as the human leukocyte antigen complex, which is usually inherited as a unit.
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... Mitosis. A method of indirect division of a cell, consisting of a complex of various processes, by means of which the two daughter nuclei normally receive identical complements of the number of chromosomes characteristic of the somatic cells of the species.
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... . Any condition found in an animal that is of value in studying a biological phenomenon, e.g., a pathological mechanism of an animal disorder useful in studying human disease.
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Key Terms

  • somatic cells
  • immune response
  • daughter nuclei
  • central spindle
  • body mass

  • chromosomes separate
  • linked genes
  • daughter chromosomes
  • chromosomes characteristic
  • sex chromosome

  • complete copy
  • distant target
  • originally applied
  • various substances
  • human leukocyte

  • living organisms
  • own indigenous
  • chromosomal locus
  • daughter cells
  • receive identical

  • direct descent
  • complete protein
  • especially plasma
  • memory capacity
  • chemical structure

  • substances secreted
  • dna replication
  • cells found
  • acid sequence
  • diploid cell


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