the immortal coil

vocab:
immortal coil: It consists of a pair of nucleotide chains twisted together in an elegant spiral. (pg 22)

The haemoglobin: one example of the enormous range of protein molecules. (pg 24)

Resecive gene: a gene that is ignored. (pg 26)

Dominant Gene: The opposite of the resecive gene. Ex. the gene for brown eyes is dominant to the gene for blue eyes. (pg 26)

Mitosis: Normal division of a cell into two new cells, each one receiving a complete copy of all 46 chromosomes. (pg 26)

Meiosis: Occurs in the production of sex cells the sperm or eggs. (pg 27)

Genetic Union: sequence of adjacent code letters on the tape.(pg 29)