(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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Mutant gene
a gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected
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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.(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.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"
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(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gene, changed, normal, transmission, expression.(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gene, changed, normal, transmission, expression.the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gene, changed, normal, transmission, expression.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: gene, changed, normal, transmission, expression.To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gene, changed, normal, transmission, expression.(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: gene, changed, normal, transmission, expression.a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gene, changed, normal, transmission, expression.Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gene, changed, normal, transmission, expression.Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspnaea, in which the blood is insufficiently arte…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gene, changed, normal, transmission, expression.a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gene, changed, normal, transmission, expression.a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gene, changed, normal, transmission, expression.a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gene, changed, normal, transmission, expression.
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