🔁Polymerase Chain Reaction

A technique that amplifies small segments of DNA exponentially.

🚦Promoter

A DNA sequence that initiates transcription of a gene.

🔲Punnett Square

A grid used to predict the genotypes of offspring.

🙈Recessive Trait

A trait that appears only when two recessive alleles are present.

🔀Recombinant DNA

DNA formed by joining genetic material from different sources.

🔄Recombination

The rearrangement of genetic material during meiosis.

🎛️Regulatory Gene

A gene that controls the expression of other genes.

🏭Ribosome

The cellular structure that synthesizes proteins.

📜RNA

A nucleic acid that transmits and translates genetic information.

📜Sanger Sequencing

A classic method for determining DNA sequences.

⚧Sex Chromosome

A chromosome that determines an organism's sex.

⚧Sex-Linked Trait

A trait controlled by genes on the sex chromosomes.

🩸Sickle Cell Disease

A genetic blood disorder caused by a mutation in hemoglobin.

📝Transcription

The process of copying DNA into messenger RNA.

🚚Transfer RNA

RNA that delivers amino acids to the ribosome during translation.

🌽Transgenic Organism

An organism containing genes introduced from another species.

🔤Translation

The process of building proteins from messenger RNA instructions.

3️⃣Trisomy

The presence of an extra chromosome in a cell.

❌X Chromosome

A sex chromosome present in both males and females.

🇾Y Chromosome

A sex chromosome typically found only in males.

🪺Zygote

A fertilized egg formed by the union of two gametes.