20 Terms
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Genetics
hyperinsulinism
Biology; Genetics
A syndrome with excessively high insulin levels in the blood; it may cause hypoglycemia; etiology of hyperinsulinism varies, including hypersecretion of a beta cell tumor, autoantibodies against ...
brain white matter disease
Biology; Genetics
Any of various diseases affecting the brain's white matter; especially: progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
cardiac valve
Biology; Genetics
Flaps of tissue that prevent regurgitation of blood from the ventricles to the atria or from the pulmonary arteries or aorta to the ventricles.
DNA repair
Biology; Genetics
The reconstruction of a continuous two-stranded DNA molecule without mismatch from a molecule which contained damaged regions. The major repair mechanisms are excision repair, in which defective ...
hotspot mutation region
Biology; Genetics
DNA sequences of high susceptibility to mutation due to some inherent instability, tendency toward unequal crossing over, or chemical predisposition to single nucleotide substitutions; region where ...
