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Library, arrayed
In genetics, arrayed libraries of DNA clones are used for many purposes, including screening for a specific gene or genomic region of interest as well as for physical mapping. An arrayed library consists of (in technical terms) individual…
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- Ferroniere A jewel held to the forehead by a chain worn by women in France and Italy in the 16th century to hide the…
- Progeny The children and other descendants. For example one might say that the progeny of someone with a genetic…
- Reinstein syndrome A heritable syndrome characterized by eye disease (specifically, macular degeneration and inverse retinitis…
- Myomectomy Surgery to remove a fibroid from the uterus. A fibroid, or leiomyoma, is a benign tumor that arises from the…
- Therapy, family See: Family therapy
- Interventricular septum The stout wall separating the lower chambers (the ventricles) of the heart from one another. A hole in the…
- HeLa cell One of the cells grown from the cervical cancer of a young African-American woman, Henrietta Lacks. HeLa…
- Hirschsprung disease Hirschsprung disease: A congenital abnormality (birth defect) of the bowel in which there is absence of the…
- Hotel-Dieu A name often given to a hospital in France during the Middle Ages. Hotel-Dieu literally means the hotel (of)…
- Influenza, Hong Kong See: Hong Kong flu
- Centimorgan (cM) A unit of measure of genetic recombination frequency. One cM is equal to a 1% chance that a marker at one…