(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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Cytogenetics
the branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes)
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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.(genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not appare…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(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.(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, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(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, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(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, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(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.(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.(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.(genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transferred to a new position on the same or another chromosome
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.the formation of new blood vessels
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Biology.what an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment
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(genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, biology, studies, cellular, aspects.Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, biology, studies, cellular, aspects.The branch of biology that studies the structure of organisms
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, biology, studies, cellular, aspects.a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, biology, studies, cellular, aspects.any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, biology, studies, cellular, aspects.A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, biology, studies, cellular, aspects.a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, biology, studies, cellular, aspects.the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, biology, studies, cellular, aspects.a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, biology, studies, cellular, aspects.Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, biology, studies, cellular, aspects.the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, biology, studies, cellular, aspects.the branch of biology that studies the structure and function of cells
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