Glossary of Genetics
Glossary of Genetic Terms
See Glossary of genetic testing terms
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- A
- ACGT
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- Adenine
- Allele
- Amino Acids
- Ancestry-informative Markers
- Animal Model
- Antibody
- Anticodon
- Antisense
- Apoptosis
- Autism
- Autosomal Dominant
- Autosome
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- Cancer
- Candidate Gene
- Carcinogen
- Carrier
- Carrier Screening
- Cell
- Cell Cycle
- Cell Membrane (Plasma Membrane)
- Centimorgan
- Centriole
- Centromere
- Centrosome
- Chromatid
- Chromatin
- Chromosome
- Cloning
- Codominance
- Codon
- Complex Disease
- Congenital
- Contig
- Copy Number Variation (CNV)
- Crossing Over
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Cytogeneticist
- Cytogenetics
- Cytoplasm
- Cytosine
D
- Deletion
- Diabetes (Diabetes Mellitus)
- Diploid
- DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA Replication
- DNA Sequencing
- Dominant
- Double Helix
- Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)
- Duplication
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- Electrophoresis
- Endoplasmic Reticulum (Rough)
- Endoplasmic Reticulum (Smooth)
- Enzyme
- Epigenetics
- Epigenome
- Epistasis
- Evolution
- Exon
F
- Family History
- Fibroblast
- First Degree Relative
- Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH)
- Founder Effect
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Frameshift Mutation
- Fraternal Twins
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G
- Gene
- Gene Amplification
- Gene Environment Interaction
- Gene Expression
- Gene Mapping
- Gene Pool
- Gene Regulation
- Gene Therapy
- Genetic Code
- Genetic Counseling
- Genetic Discrimination
- Genetic Drift
- Genetic Engineering
- Genetic Epidemiology
- Genetic Imprinting
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)
- Genetic Map
- Genetic Marker
- Genetic Screening
- Genetic Testing
- Genetic Variation
- Genome
- Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)
- Genomics
- Genotype
- Germ Line
- Golgi Body
- Guanine
H
- Haploid
- Haplotype
- HapMap
- Hemophilia
- Heterozygous
- Histone
- Holoprosencephaly
- Homologous Recombination
- Homozygous
- Human Genome Project
- Huntington's Disease
- Hybridization
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M
- Mapping
- Marker
- Meiosis
- Mendel, Johann (Gregor)
- Mendelian Inheritance
- Messenger RNA (mRNA)
- Metagenomics
- Metaphase
- Microarray Technology
- Microbiome
- Microsatellite
- Missense Mutation
- Mitochondria
- Mitochondrial DNA
- Mitosis
- Monosomy
- Mouse Model
- Mutagen
- Mutation
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- Nanotechnology
- Newborn Screening
- Non-Coding DNA
- Non-Directiveness
- Nonsense Mutation
- Northern Blot
- Nuclear Membrane
- Nucleic Acid
- Nucleolus
- Nucleopore
- Nucleosome
- Nucleotide
- Nucleus
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P
- Pedigree
- Peptide
- Personalized Medicine
- Pharmacogenomics
- Phenotype
- Phosphate Backbone
- Physical Map
- Plasma Membrane (Cell Membrane)
- Plasmid
- Point Mutation
- Polydactyly
- Polygenic Trait
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
- Polymorphism
- Population Genomics
- Positional Cloning
- Primer
- Proband
- Probe
- Progeria
- Promoter
- Prostate Cancer
- Protein
- Pseudogene
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R
- Race
- Recessive
- Recombinant DNA (rDNA)
- Repressor
- Restriction Enzyme
- Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP)
- Retrovirus
- Ribosome
- Risk
- RNA (Ribonucleic Acid)
S
- Sex Chromosome
- Sex Linked
- Shotgun Sequencing
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs)
- Somatic Cells
- Southern Blot
- Spectral Karyotype (SKY)
- Stem Cell
- Stop Codon
- Substitution
- Susceptibility
- Syndrome
T
- Tandem Repeat
- Telomere
- Thymine
- Trait
- Transcription
- Transfer RNA (tRNA)
- Transgenic
- Translation
- Translocation
- Tumor Suppressor Gene
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