(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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Gene mutation
(genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene
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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, Biology, Molecular 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, Biology, Molecular 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, Biology, Molecular biology.(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Molecular 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, Biology, Molecular 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, Biology, Molecular 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, Biology, Molecular 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, Biology, Molecular 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, Biology, Molecular biology.(genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Molecular biology.(genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Molecular biology.(genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Molecular biology.(genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Molecular biology.(genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenge…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Molecular biology.(genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Molecular 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, Biology, Molecular biology.an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
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(genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not appare…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, mutation, intramolecular, reorganization, gene.(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, mutation, intramolecular, reorganization, gene.A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, mutation, intramolecular, reorganization, gene.(genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, mutation, intramolecular, reorganization, gene.(genetics) the process of expressing a gene
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, mutation, intramolecular, reorganization, gene.the quality of being incapable of mutation; "Darwin challenged the fixity of species"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, mutation, intramolecular, reorganization, gene.The cooperative socialistic system of Charles Fourier, a Frenchman, who recommended the reorganization of society into small communiti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, mutation, intramolecular, reorganization, gene.(genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, mutation, intramolecular, reorganization, gene.(genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, mutation, intramolecular, reorganization, gene.Change; alteration; mutation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, mutation, intramolecular, reorganization, gene.(genetics) a mutation caused by the insertion of exogenous DNA into a genome
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, mutation, intramolecular, reorganization, gene.a cyclic intramolecular ester derived from a hydroxy acid.; "Lactones are formed by intramolecular esterification of the corresponding…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, mutation, intramolecular, reorganization, gene.
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