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Analyzing an individual's genetic material to determine predisposition to a particular health condition or to confirm a diagnosis of genetic disease..
Industry:Biology
The study of inheritance patterns of specific traits..
Industry:Biology
All the genetic material in the chromosomes of a particular organism; its size is generally given as its total number of base pairs..
Industry:Biology
Research and technology-development effort aimed at mapping and sequencing the genome of human beings and certain model organisms. See also: Human Genome Initiative.
Industry:Biology
A collection of clones made from a set of randomly generated overlapping DNA fragments that represent the entire genome of an organism. See also: library, arrayed library.
Industry:Biology
See: DNA.
Industry:Biology
The study of genes and their function..
Industry:Biology
The genetic constitution of an organism, as distinguished from its physical appearance (its phenotype)..
Industry:Biology
Sperm and egg cells and their precursors. Germ cells are haploid and have only one set of chromosomes (23 in all), while all other cells have two copies (46 in all)..
Industry:Biology
The continuation of a set of genetic information from one generation to the next. See also: inherit.
Industry:Biology