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Serology - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a broad scope of
laboratory tests that use specific antigen and serum
antibody reactions
Antigen - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a substance, usually a
protein, that stimulated the body to produce antibodies
against it
Antibodies - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a protein in the blood
that destroys or inactivates a specific antigen
Antiserum - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ blood serum that
contains specific antibodies
Allele - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ any of several alternative
forms of a gene located at the same point on a
particular pair of chromosomes
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Agglutination - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ for every antigen,
there is a specific antibody that will
react with it to form clumps
Blood - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a highly complex mixture
of cells, enzymes, proteins, and inorganic substances
Chromosome - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a threadlike
structure in the cell nucleus along which the genes are
located
Enzyme - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a protein that acts as a
catalyst for a cerain specific reaction
Genotype - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ the particular
combination of genes present in the cells of an individual
Phenotype - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ the physical
manifestation of a genetic trait such as shape, color, or
blood type
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Hemoglobin - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a red blood cell
protein that transports oxygen in the bloodstream (this is
what makes blood red)
Homozygous - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ having two
identical allelic genes on two corresponding positions of
a pair of chromosomes
Heterozygous - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ having two
different allelic genes on two corresponding positions of
a pair of chromosomes
Plasma - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ the fluid portion of
unclothed blood (90% water)
Zygote - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ the cell arising from the
union of an egg and a sperm cell
Red blood cells - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ erythrocytes
White blood cells - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ leukocytes