Genome - All the genetic information within an organism/cell, Homozygous - Eukaryotic cell or organism that has two identical alleles for a gene, Epistasis - The interaction of genes concerned with the expression of one characteristic. One gene may mask the expression of another gene, Heterozygous - Eukaryotic cell or organism that has two different alleles for a gene, Linkage - Genes for different characteristics that are present at different loci on the same chromosome are linked, Locus - Specific position on a chromosome , occupied by a specific gene, Monogenic - Characteristic coded for by one gene, Sex Linkage - Gene with its locus on one of the sex chromosomes, X or Y. As there are few genes on the Y chromosome, in humans, most sex linked genes are on the X chromosome., Gene Pool - Total genetic information possessed by the reproductive members within a population of organisms,

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