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homozygote
Medical; Human genome
1) With respect to a particular trait or condition, an individual who has inherited identical alleles at a particular locus. 2) An organism that has two identical alleles of a ...
hepatic
Medical; Human genome
1) Refers to the liver. 2) Of, relating to, affecting, or associated with the liver (such as hepatic injury, hepatic insufficiency. _
Human Genome Project
Medical; Human genome
1) The Human Genome Project was an international project that mapped and sequenced the entire human genome. Completed in April 2003, data from the project are freely available to ...
homeostasis
Medical; Human genome
The processes whereby the internal environment of an organism tends to remain balanced and stable.
housekeeping gene
Medical; Human genome
Genes that are expressed at a fairly consistent level throughout the cell cycle and from tissue to tissue. Usually involved in routine cellular metabolism. Often used for ...
hemoglobin M
Medical; Human genome
A group of abnormal hemoglobins in which amino acid substitutions take place in either the alpha or beta chains but near the heme iron. This results in facilitated oxidation of ...
hemangioma
Medical; Human genome
1) Benign tumor made up of newly formed blood vessels. 2) A usually benign tumor made up of blood vessels that typically occurs as a purplish or reddish slightly elevated area ...
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