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Analysis, linkage
Study aimed at establishing linkage between genes. Today linkage analysis serves as a way of gene-hunting and genetic testing. Linkage is the tendency for genes and other genetic markers to be inherited together because of their location…
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- EGF Epidermal growth factor. A polypeptide (small protein) that is a powerful mitogen. (It stimulates cells to…
- Constitutional thrombopathy See: Von Willebrand disease
- Disorder, central auditory processing A condition in which there is an inability to differentiate, recognize or understand sounds while both the…
- Local seizure See: Partial seizure
- Infection, meningococcal See: Meningococcal infection
- Endometrial biopsy Endometrial biopsy: A procedure for sampling the lining of the uterus (the endometrium). Endometrial biopsy…
- Host 1. The organism from which a parasite obtains its nutrition and/or shelter.2. An organism or cell culture in…
- Laryngeal nerve palsy Paralysis of the larynx (voice box) caused by damage to the recurrent laryngeal nerve or its parent nerve…
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