Genetic Terminology

Co-dominance

Dominant allele

Recessive allele

Gene

Genome

Polypeptide

Chromosome

Histone Protein

Transcription

Translation

Codons

control of protein synthesis and protein activation

Switched off

Interphase

Switched on

Operons

Structural Genes

control element

regulatory gene

transcription factor

activator factor

repressor factor

environmental changes

Lac operon