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2. | A new cell or individual made by asexual reproduction. A clone has the same genes as the parent. |
3. | The sex cells that fuse during fertilisation to form a zygote. In humans the male version of this is the sperm and the female is the egg. |
8. | Proteins come in two forms. An example of this type of protein is collagen, the protein found in tendons. |
9. | Some characteristics such as height are a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of two things. |
12. | A characteristic governed solely by our genes (FYI- Alexandra's genesis is a hoax). (2 Words) |
13. | Chemicals in living things that are polymers made by joining amino acids. There are about 50,000 of these in a human. |
14. | This literally means fertilisation in glass. This is the primary stage of pre implantation genetic diagnosis. |
18. | The famous sheep. |
19. | After the embryo. |
21. | These can be harvest if we were to clone embroyos. (3 Words) |
23. | Factors that are effected by your surrounding (i.e. your upbringing). |
24. | The UKS's independent regulator overseeing the use of gametes and embryos in fertility treatment and research. |
25. | The gene on the Y chromosome that triggers the production of testes at 6 weeks in the womb. |
26. | An inherited (dominant allele in this case) disease of the nervous system, symptoms do not show up until middle age. |
32. | A non-scientific choice, concerned with what is right and wrong. |
33. | A risk of a foetal genetic test. |
35. | A description of the physical characteristics that an organism has (often linked to a particular gene). Such as eye colour. |
37. | Twins where there is only one egg and one sperm (where the zygote splits); identical. |
38. | The SRY gene on the Y chromosomes determines this. |
39. | This is a structural protein that is found in the body, it has a variety of uses, some of which in the cosmetic industry. |
43. | These people now rely on evidence from body fluid and so on to link people to the scene of a crime. |
44. | Factors that are effected by an organisms's genes. |
46. | Ay laaar; an environmental characteristic. |
47. | The earliest stage of development for a animal or plant (in humans this is the first two moths after fertilisation). |
49. | Twins where there are two separate eggs fertilised by two separate sperm; non-identical. |
50. | A section of DNA providing the instruction for a cell to make one particular protein |