cell cycle definitions DRAFT

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locus

fixed position of a gene on a DNA molecule

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mutation

a change in the sequence of base pairs in DNA

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substitution mutation

a nucleotide is replaced with another

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frame-shift mutation

a mutation that causes all subsequent codons to be shifted

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centriole

a cyclindrical organelle that spindle fibres come from

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chromatid

one strand of a chromosome

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chromatin

the material that makes up chromosomes, consisting of DNA and histones

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centromere

a structure in a chromosome that holds the two chromatids together

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homologous pair of chromosomes

two chromosomes that carry the same genes