Complement: used to describe the relationship between two recessiveplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigRecessive: used to describe an allele, usually in comparison to wildtype. Recessive alleles do not exhibit their phenotype when combined with a wildtype allele. mutantsplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMutant: an individual that has a different phenotype than wildtype and likely contains one more mutations that cause this difference.. If a diploidplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDiploid: a term that describes a cell or organism that has two copies of similar genetic information, usually obtaining one copy from a male parent and the other copy from a female parent. created by mating the two mutantsplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMutant: an individual that has a different phenotype than wildtype and likely contains one more mutations that cause this difference. has a wildtypeplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigWildtype: a reference strain of an organism that scientists operationally define as “normal” to which mutants are compared. Not to be confused with wild organisms. phenotypeplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigPhenotype: an observable feature or property of an organism., we say the two mutantsplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMutant: an individual that has a different phenotype than wildtype and likely contains one more mutations that cause this difference. complement each other.
glossary:complement
glossary/complement.txt · Last modified: 2024/08/26 22:12 by mike