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Gamete - Haploid cell specialised for sexual reproduction
GC box - Promoter in eukaryotic genes with the sequence 5`-GGGCGG-3` that is found upstream of exons and assist RNA polymerase
Gene - The unit of heredity
Gene conversion - Change in gene sequence during recombination
Gene expression - The mechanisms involved in turning genes into phenotypes
Gene flow - Transfer of genes between populations
Gene locus - see locus
Gene mutation - see mutation
Gene pool - Total genetic information in all of the genes in a population at a certain time
Gene regulation - The mechanisms involved in regulating gene expression
Gene segregation ("first law of genetics") - Two alleles on homologous chromosomes are separated during meiosis such that only one of the two alleles is inherited in sexual reproduction
Gene therapy - Using genetic techniques to cure diseases
Gene tree - Phylogenetic tree based on divergence within a single gene
Generalised transduction - see transduction
Genetic code - Code in which triplets of DNA nucleotides represent one amino acid on a polypeptide product
Genetic correlation - Association between genes that determine separate traits
Genetic counseling - Use of knowledge about parent genotypes to make parents aware of genetic disorders that their offspring could potentially carry, called a modern eugenics by some
Genetic drift - Random changes in allele frequencies
Genetic engineering - Modifying genomes
Genetic linkage - Genes physically close together on a chromosome, avoiding recombination
Genetic map (linkage map) - Map of the loci of genes on a chromosome, often in the past by observations of gene linkage
Genetic marker - A genotypic feature that can be observed in the phenotype and which can be used to study recombination and other processes
Genetic recombination - see recombination
Genetic structure - Patterns of variation among members of a population
Genetic variance - see variation
The Genetical Theory Of Natural Selection - A book uniting genetics and evolution
Genetics - The study of genes, heredity and genomes
Genome - The genetic material possessed by an individual
Genomic imprinting - Phenomenon where certain genes are expressed differently depending on which parent they are inherited from
Genomics - The study of genomes
Genotype - The particular set of genes possessed for a trait
Genotypic frequency - Proportion of individuals in a population with a particular genotype
Genotypic sex determination - Genetic determination of gender
Germ-line mutation - Mutation which occurs in cells destined to be passed on to the next generation
Goldberg-Hogness box - DNA sequence "TATAAAA" found ~25 nucleotides upstream of an exon which assists in gene transcription and regulation
Guanine - One of the four organic bases in DNA