A variant form of a gene
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Phenotype
what an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment
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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, Medical genetics.One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, 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, 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, Medical genetics.Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, 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, 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, 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, Medical genetics.One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts…
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical genetics.A segment of DNA that carries genetic information for a specific trait
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, 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, 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, Medical genetics.a gene located on a Y chromosome
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical genetics.one the genes that are involved in embryologic development
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical genetics.The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted.
Used in the same subject area: Genetics, Medicine and healthcare, 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, 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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an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organism, looks, like, consequence, interaction.an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organism, looks, like, consequence, interaction.Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organism, looks, like, consequence, interaction.Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference; consequent.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organism, looks, like, consequence, interaction.Of the same species.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organism, looks, like, consequence, interaction.The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organism, looks, like, consequence, interaction.The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or me…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organism, looks, like, consequence, interaction.Alt. of Dominancy
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organism, looks, like, consequence, interaction.(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
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