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Cytogenetics
The study of chromosomes, the visible carriers of DNA, the hereditary material. Cytogenetics is a fusion science due to joining of cytology (the study of cells) with genetics (the study of inherited variation).
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- Autonomic nervous system Part of the nervous system that was once thought to be functionally independent of the brain. The autonomic…
- Basal temperature 1) Usually, a person's temperature on awakening in the morning. As changes in basal temperature accompany…
- Hearing loss, age-related See: Presbycusis
- Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) See: SAD.
- Xenobiotic Natural substances that are foreign to the body
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- Allelic Pertaining to an allele, an alternative form of a gene. A single allele is inherited from each parent
- RSV Although several standard medical dictionaries indicate only that RSV stands for Rous sarcoma virus, RSV in…
- Ingelfinger rule The policy of considering a manuscript for publication only if its substance has not been submitted or…