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(Encyclopedia)allele əlēlˈ [key]: see genetics. ...homozygote
(Encyclopedia)homozygote hōˌmōzīˈgōt [key]: see genetics. ...heterozygote
(Encyclopedia)heterozygote hĕtˌərōzīˈgōt [key]: see genetics. ...genotype
(Encyclopedia)genotype jēnˈətīpˌ [key]: see genetics. ...phenotype
(Encyclopedia)phenotype fēˈnətīpˌ [key]: see genetics. ...gene pool
(Encyclopedia)gene pool, the total of all genes in a population of a particular species. See genetics. ...operon
(Encyclopedia)operon, in genetics, site on a bacterial chromosome containing genes that control protein synthesis (structural genes) together with a gene that determines whether the structural genes are active or n...Morgan, Thomas Hunt
(Encyclopedia)Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 1866–1945, American zoologist, b. Lexington, Ky., Ph.D. Johns Hopkins, 1890. He was professor of experimental zoology at Columbia (1904–28) and from 1928 was director of the l...species
(Encyclopedia)species, in biology, a category of classification, the original and still the basic unit in the demarcation of plant and animal types. The species marks the boundary between populations of organisms r...Jennings, Herbert Spencer
(Encyclopedia)Jennings, Herbert Spencer, 1868–1947, American zoologist, b. Tonica, Ill., B.S. Univ. of Michigan, 1893, Ph.D. Harvard, 1896. He was professor of zoology at Johns Hopkins (1906–10) and did researc...Browse by Subject
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