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Human genome
The human genome consists of 23 chromosome and the small mitochondrial DNA. 22 of the 23 chromosomes are autosomal chromosome pairs and the last one being a gender-determining pair. In total, the human genome contains the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA and approximately 20,000-25,000 genes. By understanding human genome, scientists are able to develop new medical applications that can significantly advance the state of health care.
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Human genome
hemiparesis
Medical; Human genome
Muscular weakness or partial paralysis restricted to one side of the body (discharged with a residual partial right hemiparesis. )
histone
Medical; Human genome
1) Small chromosomal proteins (approx 12-20 kD) possessing an open, unfolded structure and attached to the DNA in cell nuclei by ionic linkages. Classification into the various types (designated ...
hormone therapy
Medical; Human genome
1) Various treatment modalities that produce the desired therapeutic effect by means of change of hormone/hormones level. The treatment may include administration of hormones or hormone analogs to ...
holoprosencephaly
Medical; Human genome
1) Anterior midline brain, cranial, and facial malformations resulting from the failure of the embryonic prosencephalon to undergo segmentation and cleavage. Alobar prosencephaly is the most severe ...
haplotype analysis
Medical; Human genome
Molecular genetic testing to identify a set of closely linked segments of DNA; used in linkage analysis or when a given trait is in linkage disequilibrium with a marker or set of markers.
homology
Medical; Human genome
1) Likeness in structure between parts of different organisms due to evolutionary differentiation from the same or a corresponding part of a remote ancestor. 2) Similarity in DNA or protein ...
heterozygosity
Medical; Human genome
1) The presence of different alleles at one or more loci on homologous chromosomes. 2) Having the two genes at corresponding loci on homologous chromosomes different for one or more loci.
