The genetic recombination it is the process by which nucleic acid molecules exchange fragments, generating a new molecule. It is very common in DNA, b...
The telophase it is the last division stage of mitosis and meiosis. It is after anaphase and precedes cytoplasmic division or cytokinesis. The charact...
A simpleiomorphy, in cladist terminology, it refers to an ancestral character shared by two or more taxa. That is, this characteristic coincides with ...
A apomorphy, in cladistic terminology, it is a state derived from a character. This state could be classified as "novel" if it is compared with a clos...
The pseudogenes they are ubiquitous and quite abundant sequences in the genomes of living beings, from animals and plants to bacteria. Historically th...
The sex-linked inheritance it is defined as that determined by the sex chromosomes. That is, the existence and possession of sex chromosomes determine...
The DNA packaging is a term that defines the controlled compaction of DNA within the cell. In no cell (and indeed, not even in viruses) is DNA free, l...
The chromosome endowment, Chromosomal complement or chromosomal set defines the total number of chromosomes that represent the genome of each species....
The epistasis, in genetics, it is the study of the interaction between the different genes that code for the same character. That is, it is the manife...