(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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Hybrid vigor
(genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent
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(genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology.(genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, 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.(genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology.(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, 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.(genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a giv…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology.(genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology.(genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology.(genetics) a combination of alleles (for different genes) that are located closely together on the same chromosome and that tend to be…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology.(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology.(genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that speci…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology.(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.(genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology.(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology.(genetics) a mutation caused by the insertion of exogenous DNA into a genome
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Biology.(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
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Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, tendency, crossbred, organism, qualities.A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new organism or cell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of the animal or vegetable o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, tendency, crossbred, organism, qualities.(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, tendency, crossbred, organism, qualities.(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, tendency, crossbred, organism, qualities.an organism belonging to the same species as another organism
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, tendency, crossbred, organism, qualities.(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, tendency, crossbred, organism, qualities.(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, tendency, crossbred, organism, qualities.The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, from the development of which the child or other organism is formed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, tendency, crossbred, organism, qualities.the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, tendency, crossbred, organism, qualities.(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, tendency, crossbred, organism, qualities.(genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genetics, tendency, crossbred, organism, qualities.The act by which, either in animals or plants, material prepared by the generative organs the female organism is brought in contact wi…
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