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10/11/2010
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chromosomes 
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threadlike structures made of dna molecules taht contain genes. 
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DNA
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a complex molecule containing th egenetic info that make up the chromosomes.
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genes 
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the biochemical units of herdity that make up the chromosomes a segment of dna capable of synthesizing a protein 
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genome 
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the complete instructions for making an organism consisting of all the genetic materia l in its chromosomes. 

the human genome has 3 billion weakly bonded pairs of nucleotides organized as coiled chains of dna. 
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gender 
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in psychology, the characteristics whether biologically or socially influenced. by which people define male and female 
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