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allele

A variant form of a gene

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Dominant 76% connected

Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.

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Recessive 76% connected

Going back; receding.

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Factor 76% connected

One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for ot…

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gene 76% connected

A segment of DNA that carries genetic information for a specific trait

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Allelomorph noun · 86% connection

(genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and t…

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Chromosomal mutation noun · 86% connection

(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organ…

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Cistron noun · 86% connection

(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the codi…

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Deletion noun · 86% connection

(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome

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Dominant allele noun · 86% connection

an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different

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Dominant gene noun · 86% connection

gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical; "the dominant gene for brown eyes"

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Epistatic gene noun · 86% connection

An epistatic gene is a gene that determines whether or not a given trait will be expressed.; "The gene responsible for albinism is an…

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Genetic marker noun · 86% connection

a specific gene that produces a recognizable trait and can be used in family or population studies

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Genetic mutation noun · 86% connection

(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organ…

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Holandric gene noun · 86% connection

a gene located on a Y chromosome

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Homeotic gene noun · 86% connection

one the genes that are involved in embryologic development

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Inversion noun · 86% connection

(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed

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Lethal gene noun · 86% connection

any gene that has an effect that causes the death of the organism at any stage of life

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Linkage group noun · 86% connection

any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together; "the genes of Drosophila fall into four linkage groups"

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Linked genes noun · 86% connection

any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together; "the genes of Drosophila fall into four linkage groups"

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Modifier gene noun · 86% connection

a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene

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Mutant gene noun · 86% connection

a gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected

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Mutation noun · 86% connection

(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organ…

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Activator noun · 78% connection

(biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the pr…

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CF noun · 78% connection

the most common hereditary disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in…

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Cosmid noun · 78% connection

(genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments

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Cystic fibrosis noun · 78% connection

the most common hereditary disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in…

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Dihybrid noun · 78% connection

a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each

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Fibrocystic disease of the pancreas noun · 78% connection

the most common hereditary disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in…

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Gene expression noun · 78% connection

conversion of the information encoded in a gene first into messenger RNA and then to a protein

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Gene mutation noun · 78% connection

(genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene

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Heterozygote noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring

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Homozygote noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic

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