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gene symbol
Medical; Human genome
A unique abbreviation of a gene name consisting of italicized uppercase Latin letters and Arabic numbers formally assigned by the by HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee after a gene ...
frameshift mutation
Medical; Human genome
1) An insertion or deletion involving a number of base pairs that is not a multiple of three and consequently disrupts the triplet reading frame, usually leading to the creation ...
fertility
Medical; Human genome
1) The capacity to conceive or to induce conception. It may refer to either the male or female. 2) The quality or state of being capable of breeding or reproducing. Used for ...
end-stage renal disease
Medical; Human genome
1) Chronic, irreversible renal failure. 2) An irreversible and usually progressive reduction in renal function in which both kidneys have been damaged by a variety of diseases ...
glioma
Medical; Human genome
1) Benign and malignant central nervous system neoplasms derived from glial cells (i.e., astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and ependymocytes). Astrocytes may give rise to ...
genetic selection
Medical; Human genome
1) Differential and non-random reproduction of different genotypes, operating to alter the gene frequencies within a population. 2) The process of determining the relative share ...
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