Genetics and Inheritance
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HeredityThe passing of genetic information from parents to offspring. | |
Homologous chromosomesA matching pair of chromosomes, one inherited from each parent, carrying the same genes. | |
Human Genome ProjectAn international scientific project that determined the sequence of nearly all the DNA in the human genome. | |
Hydrogen bondA weak bond that holds complementary DNA bases together. | |