Biology

Biology

A natural science concerned with the study of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, especially in relation to their origin, growth, reproduction, structure, behaviour and evolution.

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homology

Biology; Genome

Similarity in DNA or protein sequences between individuals of the same species or among different species..

homozygote

Biology; Genome

An organism that has two identical alleles of a gene. See also: heterozygote.

homozygous

Biology; Genome

See: homozygote.

human artificial chromosome (HAC)

Biology; Genome

A vector used to hold large DNA fragments. See also: chromosome, DNA.

human gene therapy

Biology; Genome

See: gene therapy.

human genome initiative

Biology; Genome

Collective name for several projects begun in 1986 by DOE to create an ordered set of DNA segments from known chromosomal locations, develop new computational methods for ...