5 Terms
Contributors in Genetics
Genetics
Quantitative-fluorescent polymerase chain reaction (QF-PCR)
Biology; Genetics
A technique based on PCR to exponentially increase the number of copies of a specific DNA sequence in a quantitative manner. Since the number of molecules theoretically doubles in each PCR cycle, the ...
Recessive inheritance
Biology; Genetics
A mutation has to be inherited from both parents in order for a person to be affected. Such parents are usually unaffected carriers because they only have a single copy of the mutant gene.
Recombination
Biology; Genetics
Every person has two copies of each chromosome (with the exception of the sex chromosomes): one member of each pair is inherited from the father and the other from the mother. The members of a pair ...
Regenerative medicine
Biology; Genetics
Medical interventions in which living, functional tissues are created in order to repair or replace lost tissue or organ function. This term is commonly used to refer to stem cell therapies, but can ...
Resequencing
Biology; Genetics
Resequencing refers to sequencing a small region of an individual's genome, such as a candidate gene, in order to detect differences from the standard reference human genome that might be associated ...
Reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR)
Biology; Genetics
A technique based on PCR to exponentially increase the number of copies of a specific RNA sequence. The RNA is first reverse transcribed into complementary DNA, followed by amplification of this DNA ...
