(genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from tha…
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(genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic
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(genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Developmental biology, Cell biology.(genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from tha…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Developmental biology, Cell biology.(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.(genetics) a chromosome that determines the sex of an individual; "mammals normally have two sex chromosomes"
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.(genetics) normal complement of sex chromosomes in a female
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.(genetics) abnormal complement of three X chromosomes in a female
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.(genetics) abnormal complement of sex hormones in a male resulting in Klinefelter's syndrome
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.(genetics) normal complement of sex hormones in a male
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.(genetics) abnormal complement of sex hormones in a male who has two Y chromosomes
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.an undifferentiated cell whose daughter cells may differentiate into other cell types (such as blood cells)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Developmental biology, Cell biology.meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology, Cell biology.the sex chromosome that is present in both sexes: singly in males and doubly in females; "human females normally have two X chromosome…
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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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, organism, identical, alleles, gene.(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, organism, identical, alleles, 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, organism, identical, alleles, gene.(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, organism, identical, alleles, gene.a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, organism, identical, alleles, gene.(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding pla…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, organism, identical, alleles, gene.(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding pla…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, organism, identical, alleles, gene.a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, organism, identical, alleles, gene.gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical; "the dominant gene for brown eyes"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, organism, identical, alleles, gene.An epistatic gene is a gene that determines whether or not a given trait will be expressed.; "The gene responsible for albinism is an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, organism, identical, alleles, gene.(genetics) the process of expressing a gene
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, organism, identical, alleles, gene.(genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene
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