(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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(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors"
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(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…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Molecular biology, Medical genetics.(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organ…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Molecular biology, Medical genetics.(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Molecular biology, Medical genetics.an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Molecular biology, Medical genetics.gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical; "the dominant gene for brown eyes"
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Molecular biology, Medical genetics.An epistatic gene is a gene that determines whether or not a given trait will be expressed.; "The gene responsible for albinism is an…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Molecular biology, Medical genetics.(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the codi…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Academic vocabulary, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Cause, effect and change, Molecular biology, Medical genetics.(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the codi…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Academic vocabulary, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Cause, effect and change, Molecular biology, Medical genetics.a specific gene that produces a recognizable trait and can be used in family or population studies
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Molecular biology, Medical genetics.(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organ…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Molecular biology, Medical genetics.a gene located on a Y chromosome
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Molecular biology, Medical genetics.one the genes that are involved in embryologic development
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Molecular biology, Medical genetics.(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Molecular biology, Medical genetics.any gene that has an effect that causes the death of the organism at any stage of life
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Molecular biology, Medical genetics.any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together; "the genes of Drosophila fall into four linkage groups"
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Molecular biology, Medical genetics.any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together; "the genes of Drosophila fall into four linkage groups"
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Molecular biology, Medical genetics.a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene
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A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, segment, involved, producing, polypeptide.At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, segment, involved, producing, polypeptide.A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends, so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached to its middle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, segment, involved, producing, polypeptide.Relating to a chain; like a chain; as, a catenary curve.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, segment, involved, producing, polypeptide.To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, segment, involved, producing, polypeptide.A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. Th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, segment, involved, producing, polypeptide.Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, segment, involved, producing, polypeptide.An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, et…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, segment, involved, producing, polypeptide.According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the Frenc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, segment, involved, producing, polypeptide.small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, segment, involved, producing, polypeptide.(telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, segment, involved, producing, polypeptide.Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose i…
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