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Genetics

Comprehensive glossary of genetic terminology.

Genetics is a branch of biology concerned with the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.

Terms listing

A

adenosine deaminase deficiency (ADA)adenovirus Alagille syndrome allele amino acids animal model antibody Anticipation (genetic)apoptosis ataxia-telangiectasia autosomal dominant autosome

B

bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)base pair birth defect bone marrow transplantation BRCA1/BRCA2

D

Deep resequencing deletion deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)diabetes mellitus diploid DNA replication DNA sequencing dominant double helix duplication

E

electrophoresis Ellis-van Creveld syndrome enzyme Epigenetics Epigenomics Exome exon

F

familial Mediterranean fever fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)Fragile X syndrome

I

immunotherapy in situ hybridization inherited insertion intellectual property rights

J

Johann Gregor Mendel

K

knockout

L

leukemia library linkage Linkage disequilibrium (LD)locus LOD score lymphocyte

N

neurofibromatosis Niemann-Pick disease, Type C (NPC)non-directiveness Northern blot nucleotide nucleus

O

oligo oncogene

R

recessive retrovirus ribonucleic acid (RNA)ribosome risk communication

T

technology transfer transgenic translocation Trinucleotide repeat expansion trisomy tumor suppressor gene

V

vector

W

Western blot Wolfram syndrome

X

X-inactivation

Y

yeast artificial chromosome (YAC)

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Genetics

Terms listing

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B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

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R

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T

V

W

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Y