Glossary of terms used on this site
Glossary of biology.
Glossaries
| Term | Main definition |
|---|---|
| genetic drift |
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effect of chance on a population’s gene pool |
| genetic engineering |
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alteration of the genetic makeup of an organism |
| genetic map |
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outline of genes and their location on a chromosome |
| genetic marker |
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gene or sequence on a chromosome with a known location that is associated with a specific trait |
| genetic recombination |
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DNA exchange between homologous chromosome pairs |
| genetic structure |
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distribution of the different possible genotypes in a population |
| genetic testing |
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process of testing for the presence of disease-causing genes |
| genetic variance |
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diversity of alleles and genotypes in a population |
| genetically modified organism (GMO) |
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organism whose genome has been artificially changed |
| genome annotation |
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process of attaching biological information to gene sequences |
| genome fusion |
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fusion of two prokaryotic genomes, presumably by endosymbiosis |
| genome mapping |
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process of finding the location of genes on each chromosome |
| genomic library |
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collection of cloned DNA which represents all of the sequences and fragments from a genome |
| genomics |
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study of entire genomes including the complete set of genes, their nucleotide sequence and organization, and their interactions within a species and with other species |
| genotype |
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underlying genetic makeup, consisting of both physically visible and non-expressed alleles, of an organism |