Instructions: Identify the Terms and Briefly State Their Historical Significance

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Essay

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance.
Olmec

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Definitions:

Genetic Codes

Sequences of nucleotides in DNA or RNA that determine the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms.

Genes

Units of heredity that carry information from parents to offspring, influencing traits and characteristics.

X-Linked

A gene carried on the X chromosome. If a male inherits an X-linked recessive trait from his mother, he expresses that trait because the Y from his father has no counteracting gene. Females are more likely to be carriers of X-linked traits but are less likely to express them.

Epigenetic

The study of heritable changes in gene expression that occur without alterations in the DNA sequence, influenced by environmental factors.