chromosome - a threadlike structure of DNA found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes., gene - small section of DNA; codes for a protein that can result in a trait, DNA replication - copying the DNA before making a new cell, gene expression - to show or make appear; the appearance of a trait, protein - do the important work within cells; important to structure, function, and regulation in the body, cell differentiation - process of stem cells becoming specialized cells like cardiac cells, skin cells, etc.., stem cell - cells that can become any kind of cell, somatic cell - any body cell except sex cells, allele - variant of a gene controlling the same trait; humans have 2, one from each parent, karyotype - the number and visual appearance of the chromosomes in the cell nucleus,

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