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Multifactorial inheritance
The type of hereditary pattern seen when there is more than one genetic factor involved and, sometimes, when there are also environmental factors participating in the causation of a condition. Many common traits are multifactorial. Skin…
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Show more- Muscles, abdominal A large group of muscles in the front of the abdomen that assists in the regular breathing movement and…
- Fear of fur An abnormal and persistent fear of fur is called doraphobia. Sufferers of this fear avoid fur-bearing animals…
- Gene family A group of genes related in structure and often in function. The genes belonging to a gene family are…
- Electrophoretic Pertaining to electrophoresis, the separation of molecules according to their size and electrical charge by…
- CALLA Common acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen. See: Metallomembrane endopeptidase
- Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia: A syndrome characterized by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of muscles, tendons, and…
- Wildervanck syndrome A syndrome characterized by the combination of congenital deafness, Duane syndrome (eye retraction), and…
- Brachial palsy See: Brachial plexus palsy
- Rabbit fever An infection in rabbits and other wild rodents caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis that can be…
- Contiguous gene syndrome A disorder due to deletion of multiple gene loci that are adjacent to one another. Contiguous gene syndromes…
- Medicine, forensic See: Forensic medicine
- Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: Abbreviated as DISH. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis is a…