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convergence
Medical; Human genome
1) An embryonic movement that involves streaming of material from the dorsal and lateral surfaces of the gastrula toward the blastopore and concurrent shifting of lateral ...
de novo mutation
Medical; Human genome
An alteration in a gene that is present for the first time in one family member as a result of a mutation in a germ cell (egg or sperm) of one of the parents or in the fertilized ...
dendritic cell
Medical; Human genome
1) A special type of antigen-presenting cell (APC) that activates T lymphocytes. 2) Any of various antigen-presenting cells with long irregular processes.
decarboxylation
Medical; Human genome
The removal of a carboxyl group, usually in the form of carbon dioxide, from a chemical compound.
corpus striatum
Medical; Human genome
Either of a pair of masses of nerve tissue which lie beneath and external to the anterior cornua of the lateral ventricles of the brain and form part of their floor and each of ...
derivative chromosome
Medical; Human genome
Term used to denote an abnormal chromosome consisting of segments from two or more chromosomes joined together as the result of a translocation, insertion, or other rearrangement.
DNA fingerprinting
Medical; Human genome
1) A method employed to determine differences in amino acid sequences between related proteins; relies upon the presence of a simple tandem-repetitive sequences that are scattered ...
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