(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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Genetic mutation
(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
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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) 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, 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, 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, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, 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.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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(genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, event, changes, genetic, structure.a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characte…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, event, changes, genetic, structure.Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foresh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, event, changes, genetic, structure.the outer covering of protein surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, event, changes, genetic, structure.A structure of nucleic acids and proteins found in the nucleus of cells, containing genetic information
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, event, changes, genetic, structure.a specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, event, changes, genetic, structure.A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, event, changes, genetic, structure.(genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a giv…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, event, changes, genetic, structure.the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism; "the human genom…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, event, changes, genetic, structure.(genetics) a combination of alleles (for different genes) that are located closely together on the same chromosome and that tend to be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, event, changes, genetic, structure.(genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a giv…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, event, changes, genetic, structure.A large molecule, such as a protein or nucleic acid
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, event, changes, genetic, structure.
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