nucleotide

a unit of dna or rna consisting of a sugar a phosphate and a base.

dna replication

the process of a dna molecule making a copy of itself

base sequence

the order of base pairs along a gene

protein synthesis

the production of proteins in the cell

mutation

a change in the heredity material of an organism

genetic disorder

an abnormal condition that an organism inherits

selective breeding

the process of selecting organism with desired traits to serve as parents for the generation

genetic engineering

the process of transferring genes from one organism into the dna of another organism

dna fingerprinting

the process of producing an image of patterns from someone's dna

genome

the total amount of heredity material in a single cell of an organism

mitochondrial dna

dna that is found in the mitochondria of a cell