Genetic disorders

Genetic disorders

Genetic diseases, syndromes, or conditions caused by genetic variations and abnormalities in genes or chromosomes.

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trans configuration

Health care; Genetic disorders

Term which indicates that an individual who is heterozygous at two neighboring loci has the two mutations in question on each of the two homologous chromosomes.

oligonucleotide

Health care; Genetic disorders

Polymers made up of a few (2-20) nucleotides. In molecular genetics, they refer to a short sequence synthesized to match a region where a mutation is known to occur, and then used as a probe ...

homologous chromosomes

Health care; Genetic disorders

The two chromosomes from a particular pair, normally one inherited from the mother and one from the father, containing the same genetic loci in the same order.

primordium

Health care; Genetic disorders

The rudiment or commencement of a part or organ: anlage (the gonadal primordium).

microcyte

Health care; Genetic disorders

An abnormally small red blood cell present especially in some anemias.

chloroplast

Health care; Genetic disorders

Large cellular organelle that contains chlorophyll, consists of a complex lammelar system of membranes, and functions as the site of photosynthesis in green algae and green plant cells.

The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from ...